University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Edith West. MR. JOHN McCULLEN taught eighth grade social studies this year. Social Studies Revises Curriculum DR. GENEVIEVE BERKHOFER joined the social studies department at the beginning of winter quarter. MR. MICHAEL ROCKLER spent his second year at U High teaching World History. 17

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MR. ALLAN KYLE, acting department head, chatted with Congressman Donald Fraser before an assembly. ONCE AGAIN Mr. Stuart Stockhaus wondered what his senior social studies class was up to. MR. ROBERT BEERY prepares for responses from his seventh grade social studies classes. Intellectually as well as politically the direction of all true progress is toward greater freedom, and along the endless succession of ideas. Bovee A thorough study of geography, history, political science and cultural patterns were the main areas covered by the Social Studies department in their teaching this past year. Under the direction of Allan Kyle, acting department head, a new curriculum was offered to the junior high students by Project Social Studies. Instead of the previous American history course which was taught to seventh graders, a primary study in sociology was introduced. A change was also made in the eighth grade curriculum from geography to political science. In the senior high curriculum, juniors were required to take an extensive course in American History, which involved a great deal of class discussion and debate. Seniors enjoyed their comfortable chairs as they listened to lectures and reports in studying current social problems. livery U High student was required to spend one year before graduation studying world history or world problems. Another addition to this year's Social Studi.es curriculum was the presidential election of 1964. U High accurately predicted the outcome of the national election in the school's mock election held two days before the regular one. Through these courses, the department endeavored to instill in the students a basic knowledge of our government and social problems and also to understand the cultural and governmental practices of other lands. 16

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MR. RAMFDO SAUCEDO was often seen making arrangements for the annual trip to Mexico. Languages Strive The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we arc thereby led into a new world of tradition and thought and feeling. Herelock Ellif Application of this statement can definitely be related to the Modern Language department at U High. Under the direction of Dr. Emma Birkmaier, the students at U High are receiving thorough backgrounds in the mastery of a foreign tongue. Through the use of language laboratories, tapes, records, movies and slides the students were aided in their studies. A six-year program in German, Russian, and Spanish with the addition of French and Chinese have given the students a variety of languages enabling classes to gain a more extensive knowledge of other countries and cultures. The importance of interesting high school people in modern languages has long been realized at U High. This resulted in the introduction of Russian as a part of the curriculum sixteen years ago. Since that time many other schools in the United States have realized the importance of a modern language. The innovation of Chinese is another step in recognizing the importance of a foreign tongue since it is spoken by over one-fourth of the people in the world. With modern communications and travel improving, our world desperately demands a better exchange of ideas and opinions between peoples. TAKING TIME OUT from teaching, was Miss Shirley Krogmeier. MRS. SUSAN PASSOLT showed a look of approval as one of her French students answered a question.