Pearl Harbor Survivors Speak to Students
Presented by the USS Arizona Memorial Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Friday, May 23, 2008
1:30 - 2:15 pm
About the Program
The museum's most requested program supplements the history classroom. Through the voices of Pearl Harbor Survivors, times and dates of America's past are given meaning. Listening to a Pearl Harbor Survivor recount that day of infamy, students hear the personal side of the event. The personalization provides younger generations with a common connection to understand the magnitude of the event. Some of the volunteers who have told their stories include a sailor from the USS PENNSYLVANIA, two Schofield Barracks soldiers, a bugler form the USS WEST VIRGINIA, an Army Air Corps bomber pilot, and an Army nurse. By talking directly to eye-witnesses in an interview type setting history comes to life.
The USS Arizona Memorial is the final resting place for many of the battleship's 1,177 crew members who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The national memorial commemorates the site where World War II began for the United States. Experience history through the national memorial's videoconference programs. http://www.nps.gov/usar/index.htm
Audience
Late Middle, High School, or college-level
Cost
GSDLN Member Sites: Free
Non-member Sites: $105.00 Connection Fee to GSDLN
(Checks and PO's made payable to UNH)
To register a site for this event contact:
George Fryburg, Director of Programs and Services, Granite State Distance Learning Network
by email: George.Fryburg@unh.edu
by phone: (603) 868-4456
Technical
This program is open to all public and private schools who have access to two-way interactive video equipment (ISDN or IP). If you are unsure whether or not you have access to this type of equipment, or don't understand these terms, you should be working with your school's technology coordinator. This session does not work with a web cam hooked up to a computer. Your equipment should be able to do H.323 (IP) or H.320 (ISDN) videoconference connections.