21 Pics of What High School Teachers Looked Like in the 1970s

Many of you grew up in the 1970s, and likely spent a large portion of that childhood sitting in a classroom, staring at a teacher. Do you remember what they looked like?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 3 months ago

Many of you grew up in the 1970s and likely spent a large portion of that childhood sitting in a classroom, staring at a teacher.

Teachers in the 1970s were cool, and although many still prescribe to archaic educational practices, many more were part of the wave driving cultural movement. Do you remember what they looked like?

Here are 21 pics of what high school teachers looked like in the 1970s.

1
Cool Physics Teacher
Teaching the science behind surfing in the 1970s.

2
“My Old High School Physics Teacher”
And his wife, 1970s.

3
Contrasting Styles
P.E. Teacher, and Reading Teacher, 1970s
4
Teacher and His Students
With their "solar viewers" to experience an eclipse, 1970s.

5
70’s Geography Teacher
Looking sharp.
6
“Me”
With a teacher in my elementary school classroom in 1975.
7
“My Grandfather, the High School Chemistry Teacher”
"On his first motorcycle in 1970. Complete with a leopard print seat."

8
“My Third Grade Art Teacher”
With her future husband, 1970s.
9
A Cool Teacher
Physics, in the 1970s.
10
“My Mom Was an Elementary School Teacher”
“Here she is in the early ‘70s.”

11
“My Grandad”
During his stint as a high school drama teacher, early 1970s.
12
Teacher at Mackenzie High School
Detroit, MI, 1970.
13
A Student and Teacher Guarding Their High School
“There was a shooting threat called in the morning. Students and teachers alike pulled their shotguns to guard the doors."

14
“My Teacher”
“When he was younger.” 1970s.”
15
Students Having Fun With a Teacher
“From my senior class yearbook, late 1970s.”
16
“My Dad”
“In his early years of teaching high school math, late ‘70s.”