Washington High School - Neshotah Yearbook (Two Rivers, WI)

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.ay , Charles Spring . . . S0-:ial Studies 7, 8, Citizenship, Emily Volk . . . Geography, A point of location if pointed out hy VVay11e Hohn. The study of American history familiar- izes the student with the forces and the action which made the United States of today. Included in this is a brief study of the Constitution, democracy, the Civil War, reconstruction, business imperialism, reform, the United States as a world power, the New Deal, isolationism versus cooperation, World War II, and the post war world. Human Righty: The Key to World Peace prove! to he an excellent debating topic for facqae Arplund. This course includes a brief study of early civilization, commerce and finance, religious and national revolutions, the ad- vance of science, the ages of autocracy and democracy, World War I, and World Wat II. Debates, panel discussions, and timely essays add to the course. Taxation without reprefentation if tyr- anny, .rtater Donald Duprey in the jvrohlemr in democracy clan. The problems in democracy discussed in this course are heredity, environment, so- ciety, culture, social institutions, the trade market, taxation, and labor unions. Every student in the class is automatically a member of the Civic Service Society, a group organized to study, to suggest changes, and to give aid to the school and the community. Page 11 Bjarne Wrolstad . . , Citizenship. S ini?

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Robert Winn . . . American History, Problems in Democracy, Charles B. McGivern . . . American History, Modern History. The continenfr apr-and-datum are Jtudied by there facial .rcience rtudentr. Social science in the seventh and eighth grades consists largely of studying United States' history, geography, and economics.The use of numerous hlms makes it possible for these junior high students to visualize and correlate that which they see with material read and discussed in class. AJ urual the Hcoolert fpot in W'iJcanJin if in the limelight. Freshman citizenship hel s to equip the students with information a out their future vocations in the community by covering such topics as: the government, public opinion, making a living, fire and crime, accidents, and social security. Part of their time is spent on health and hrst aid. There geography rtudentr manage to circle the world, vicariourl-y. Studying the beginning of the world, make- up of the world, weather, people, and regions helps the students to understand the lives of peoples other than themselves. Projects, con- ventions, and debates are added to the yearly schedule of classroom activities. Page 10

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