Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Social Studies Department: The aims of the Social Studies department are to acquaint pupils with the rich heritage of history and to teach students to analyze critically the current happenings in the world. In light of these, freshmen and sophomores may elect to study World History for a year, while juniors and seniors can choose Economics and International Relations. Every pupil is required by law to take a two-year course in United States history. Beginning with the colomzation of America and concluding with a study of the major systems of government, as well as propaganda, labor, and so forth, the course stresses democratic principles. 24

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They also make their presence felt at the pizzeria, the Bunny Hop, Halem's and the Dairy Queen. Sometimes, when the pressure of academic responsibilities mount up, students will forego their lunch periods in favor of undone chem labs, last-minute cramming sessions, or unavoidable make-up tests. To most of Weequahic’s students, however, the lunch period is the one time of the school day when they can, if they may, relax. WEEKLY MENU The price of a subsidized school lunch is $.37 Hot Lunches Cold Lunches Monday Chicken Noodle Soup Creole Sausages Potatoes and peas Bread and Butter Milk and Dessert Tuna Sandwich Salad Fruit Milk and Dessert Tuesday Tomato-Rice Soup Hamburger on Roll Mashed Potatoes Buttered Carrots Bread and Butter Milk and Dessert Egg Salad Sandwich or Pastrami Sandwich Fruit Milk and Dessert 23

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For those who demonstrate the ability and desire to do advanced work in the field of social studies, an honors course is available. The same topics are studied in this as are in the regular program, but the coverage is more intense, with an emphasis on voluntary reading of the works of authorities on the various subjects. Through the classroom and through its extra-curricular organ, the Contemporary club, the Social Studies department strives to inform as to not only our way of life but the ways of others, both in theory and in practice, past and present, that we may be better equipped to combat the problems confronting us.