Pearl Harbor Survivors Speak to Students
Presented by the USS Arizona Memorial Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Thursday, December 18, 2008
1:30 - 2:30 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
High School students
Connection Fee
GSDLN Members: $0 / Content Members: $75 / Non-members: $105
To Register:
Use the link: http://www.events.unh.edu/register.shtml?event_id=5081
or contact George Fryburg: George.Fryburg@unh.edu
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.