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Show Your High School and You . . . I i t i J ,' f '- ... ' Harold Bartlett, instructor in the Social Science department depart-ment of the high school explains ex-plains the functions and objectives ob-jectives of these courses. Editor's Note The following article is another in a series submitted by the heads of various var-ious departments at the high school to better acquaint parents par-ents and other interested citizens citi-zens in the fine educational facilities offered at the school. By Harold Bartlett There are about 400 students enrolled in social science classes clas-ses at Springville high school in which three different subjects sub-jects are being taught, including includ-ing three world history classes, six American history and three psychology. World history is a class normally nor-mally taken by tenth graders. The objectives of this subject are two fold. First, to familiarize famil-iarize the student with early civilization, and how it developed. develop-ed. The course explains the trials and errors that have been made during the last 4,200 years since man has left a written record of his actions and thoughts. Students learn that man, strangely enough, has had about the same ambitions ambi-tions all during his recorded history namely, security, freedom, free-dom, and peace. The second purpose of this subject is to acquaint students with other peoples of the world their ideals, fears and hopes. Today where transportation has shrunk the world to such a state that the Chinese of Aisia-tic Aisia-tic .are only hours away and it is evident that we must live together as neighbors, if we live at all, . an understanding and appreciation for the other person is a must. American history and Government Gov-ernment is a subject usually studied in the eleventh grade. The purpose of this course are likewise two-fold. The first is that of gaining appreciation of the hopes and faiths of our forefathers who left tyrants, poverty po-verty and misery behind and came to this land where they could build the kind of country coun-try that would give their children chil-dren opportunity to develop their " natural talents and the second is to train people to program offered in the social science department Teachers in the social science department, include: Glenn Montague and Thayne Murray, World History; Leonard Beck-man, Beck-man, World History and American Amer-ican History; Harold Bartlett, American History and Psychology. select leaders and . understand issues Intelligently. This is vital vi-tal to maintaining the American Ameri-can way of life. With modern day communication and transportation trans-portation it is easy to become confused by the innumerable claims and accusations that are being made by some men and women who are selfish, ambitious ambi-tious and even ignorant. It is well, then, to have a mind capable of sifting the truth from the falsehood and of making mak-ing decisions which insures continued freedom and prosperity. prosper-ity. A citizen cannot meet the above qualifications unless he has exposed himself to' the purposes, trials, failures and successes of our country and its government. Psychology is a subject developed de-veloped to help the student to better understand himself and those about him. The student stu-dent learns about himself his motives, desires, wants and urges. A person who can accept ac-cept himself as he is and then try to improve himself will make a much better adjustment adjust-ment to life than one who does not understand the underlying causes of his actions. The suc- cessful and happy home is one that turns out wholesome and constructive offspring. Choosing Choos-ing the right marriage partner is a must if a person is going to realize his potential, whether wheth-er it be in science, art or business. busi-ness. This course helps the student stu-dent who doesn't go on to college col-lege to have an insight into his ambitions; and it prepares the potential college student with a background for continued study. All of these subjects are experiences ex-periences which encourage students stu-dents to develop good work habits and the capacity to create their own values. World History and Psychology are elective subjects that is, they are not required for graduation. gradua-tion. American history and government gov-ernment is required for graduation grad-uation from high school. We invite the public to offer of-fer its critical appraisal of the |
