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Gorder, who was head of school from 1969 to 1973, with first encouraging them to look beyond traditional teaching methods in order to engage students. During Van Gorder's tenure, Project Week was created and history and English electives were introduced into the program. In 1978, Ingrid Dorer Fitzpatrick proposed the Nazi Mind class. irty-eight years later, the course continues to be a high point of the Latin experience for sophomores who have the opportunity to take it and participate in the culminating day-long Nuremberg Trials simulation at the Cook County Courthouse in December. "I was given the freedom to design what I wanted as long as it fulfilled the History Department's contemporary European history requirement," said Dorer Fitzpatrick. is freedom to create electives that not only interested her but also interested students continues to inspire her today. Dorer Fitzpatrick's sentiments are echoed by more recent hires. Now in her second year at Latin, upper school history teacher Cara Gallagher admits that she was feeling constrained after teaching for a dozen years in public high schools, where limited resources and an over-abundance of time spent preparing students for common assessments limited her ability to be creative. Teaching the twelfth grade elective Honors American Politics at Latin, Gallagher has been able to design a curriculum that will serve her students well as they become adult citizens. above: Court is in session for the Nuremburg Trials Simulation left: Third graders Katie McDermott and Fowowe Onigbanjo feel passionately about their personal book selections for the Coretta Scott King Book Award. My favorite was My Name is Truth. I loved that it was full of inspiration and feeling. You just felt like you could do anything after reading it." – Katie McDermott, third grade student Latin Magazine » Spring 2016 25