Jane Thompson’s Modern American Social History class visited the school’s basement to explore and discuss procedures popular in the 1950s and early 1960s, like the “duck and cover” videos once shown to students. The drills were tied to growing fears of nuclear war.

CT’s Head Photo & Art editor Maggie Dalton joined one one the in-school class field trips and took these photos:

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