High School Presentations
December 7, 2004

Region 2 ESC
1.   Aransas Pass H. S. - The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Speech & drama girls will record mime/perform to the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. They will be dressed in period appropriate clothing.  One boy will play the Bugle Boy. (They won first place in competition -mid Oct.!)

2.   Ingleside H. S. - Introducing the Lexington
Students will introduce the USS Lexington and interview Executive Director of USS Lexington, Frank Rocco Montesano.  Questions will concern the role of the USS Lexington in World War II.  

18.  Break - USS Lexington

19.  Aransas Pass H. S. - Radio - Back In the Day
Students will re-enact the broadcast of a radio soap opera.  An emergency announcement interrupts the soap opera for the President’s eight-minute address. Student will dress the part.

Region 7 ESC
4.   Wells H. S. - Pearl Harbor: You Are There
Wells ISD Advanced Placement United States History class proposes to present to the audience via distance learning a dramatic reading of the events leading up to and immediately following the attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.  A student narrator will provide a reading of the facts of the case while other students will provide a dramatic reading of eyewitness accounts of the attack.

9.   Frankston H. S. - Pearl Harbor: Déjà vu
This PowerPoint presentation will illustrate the similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor with that of Muslim Americans following September 11th.

Region 9 ESC
13.  Saint Jo H. S. - Shocking Times in U.S. History
This presentation will use high school student actors, contemporary narratives from December 7, 1941, and modern day digital and green screen video technology, to create an evocative, emotional look at one of the darkest days in American history.  The goal of the project is not to impart the dry facts, but instead to place the viewer in the same mindset and emotional chaos as those who lived through and experienced the attack on Pearl Harbor.  This will be accomplished by using a narrative style technique to tell the story of a class on September 11, 2001 learning about the Pearl Harbor attack…and then learning about the surprise attack on the World Trade Center towers.  Parallels will be drawn between the events of these two surprise attacks on American soil.

The dramatic narrative will cut between the classroom in 2001 and two main figures in the year 1941.  These two figures will include a young girl on the Navy base, writing in her diary, reacting to the sights and sounds of the Japanese attack, and a US sailor writing a letter to his parents.  The dramatic material will be taken from existing letters and diaries of actual Pearl Harbor survivors.  The images of “the day of infamy” will be crosscut with the similar incidents of 9/11, hopefully bringing a new, younger generation closer to the mindset of the elder generation when they too suffered a tragic attack and, in so many cases, a tragic loss.

Region 11 ESC
5.  Joshua H. S. - What We Remember: 12/7 and 9/11
The presentation will be television newscast with interviews of people concerning their recollections of both December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001.  These people will range from those actually at Pearl Harbor to others who were at other spots around the world that fateful day. We are diligently trying to find someone who was at both places. As the interviews will all be with persons who are old enough to remember Pearl Harbor, they will all be senior citizens, both military and civilians. The presentation will also include some sports, weather and commercials from the Pearl Harbor era.

Region 13 ESC
8.  Smithville H. S. - You are There: December 1941
Students will present a live news broadcast from the newsroom at SHS (Smithville H. S.) Network. Students will present a variety of news stories related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  Dressed in period costumes, students will present facts, relay eyewitness accounts, and interview survivors as well as national and military leaders.   The presentation will be enhanced with period music and video resources.

22.  Del Valle H. S. - Pearl Harbor Remembered- Lessons To Be Learned For This Generation’s War on Terror
Students will relate the lessons that were learned from Pearl Harbor and how those can be applied today on the global war on terror. Imagine using history to teach the future - a stroke of genius or a flight of folly?

Region 14 ESC
3.  Abilene H. S. - Unsensed and Unseen: Pride and Dignity
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 shocked most Americans including the farmers, ranchers and city leaders of Abilene. The citizens of Abilene had long been associated with the military. In fact, the U.S. Calvary stationed at Fort Phantom had protected the original settlers of Taylor County from the threat of Indian attack. 10th, 11th and 12th grade students from the Abilene H. S. ROTC Leadership Class will make a presentation that will include an interview with a Marine veteran stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the school’s and community’s efforts to support and remember WWII veterans and present-day military families and the efforts by local citizens to have an air force base located in Abilene.

 7.  Comanche H. S. - Pearl Harbor Then and Now
Comanche H. S. students will gather input from veterans and other community members and veterans in regard to World War II and get their take on how it affected the community.  The students will also compare the similarities of December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 by talking to local citizens who were school age and get their thoughts on how they remember that day and the days that followed.

10.  Hawley H. S. - What Make’s a Pearl?
The presentation will use works of art created by the Advanced Placement art students of Hawley H. S.  The students will show their understanding of Pearl Harbor through the visual imagery of drawing, painting, digital graphics, relief sculpture, and collage. Four students will describe the process that they used to create their art and describe the art principles used to convey the meaning of their art.

11.  Breckenridge H. S. - The Sleeping Giant Awakens
A PowerPoint presentation will include pictures and interviews with Breckenridge resident and WWII Veteran O.B. Graham.  Mr. Graham served in the Navy at Pearl Harbor near the end of World War II.  He worked a short time for the Naval Bureau and was able to obtain photographs of Battleship Row taken just before the bombings confiscated from the Japanese.  A videotape will include a short interview with Mr. Graham concerning Japanese strategy and excerpts from President Roosevelt’s address to Congress on December 8, 1941.  The presentation will include facts about the recovery of the United States after the attack and the development of the ARIZONA Memorial.  The names of those who died will be shown while the song, Remember Pearl Harbor by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra is heard.

15.  Sidney H. S. - An Eagle in the Water
Pearl Harbor was a tragedy at the beginning of the war; this presentation is about a story that occurred a few days before the war ended. In 1942, L.D. Cox was president of the largest senior class (30 students) that ever graduated from Sidney.  A few short years later he was aboard the USS Indianapolis carrying 1,197 sailors and Marines, when it was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. Mr. Cox spent almost five days in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean without food or water. He returned to Sidney ISD to tell his story and stories of the others whose lives were changed forever when over 900 young soldiers went into the water and only 317 were rescued.

20.  Colorado H. S. - Behind the Scenes: American Women Harboring Change
During World War II American society went through a drastic change in ethics and perspectives. The eyes of women were opened to a new world: the world of man.  Women’s horizons were broadening, and change was inevitable. The tools, still warm from the hands of men, were picked up with new ownership and a new purpose. These owners were revolutionary women going down roads no woman had gone before, making great strides in the progression of women’s rights. The cause for this change was Pearl Harbor and World War II. This presentation will bring to light the accomplishments achieved by women’s undying perseverance due to this drastic event.

Region 15 ESC
12.  Comstock H. S. - The Impeachment of FDR
This presentation will explore the argument that F.D.R. knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor before hand and kept it from the military to ensure that the U.S. would get involved in the war.

14.  Sterling City H. S. - Turning Back Time:  A Tribute to a Strong Generation
This presentation focuses on the commitment, honor sacrifice, pride and determination given by the World Ware II veterans from all across the nation.  Videotaped interviews of four of 108 WWII veterans from Sterling County will be presented to provide an understanding why these people possessed a passion for protecting their nation and passed on their dreams for democracy and freedom to future generations.  Their interviews express personal accounts of their desires to serve and the efforts put forth in protecting our great nation. 

The students want the youth of today to have a profound understanding of the true meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance.  This knowledge will allow everyone to stand with pride and realize that the impact and commitment put forth by these men will be remembered not merely as dates on a calendar, but truly as a day of infamy.

Region 17 ESC
6.  Frenship H. S. - We Remember Pearl Harbor
In the city of Lubbock, a new war memorial has been completed. Students will interview four or five survivors of Pearl Harbor and their spouses, if available. The veterans will be asked what it was like to be in Pearl Harbor the day of the attack and what it was like to be home, knowing that the attack had taken place.

Region 20 ESC
17.  Southwest H. S. - A String of Pearls and Pearl Harbor: A Musical Tribute
The Southwest High School Jazz band will perform a medley of Glenn Miller tunes that were popular at the start of WWII.  A voice over with stories of veterans from Pearl Harbor and stories from today’s armed forces in Iraq will be included.

 21. Cotulla H. S. - The Onyx of Pearl Harbor: A New Nuclear Age
Students will interview survivors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, as well as the U.S. government and citizens.  Included in the interviews are the airmen who dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and the scientists who created them.  The message expressed in our presentation shows the effects of the atomic bomb and the effects that it has on the nuclear age today.

Hawaii and Japan
16.  Moanalua H. S., Oahu / Molokai H. S., Hawaii / Osaka Gakuin University School, Japan - Art and Memory
This project and presentation explores the theme of art and memory.  Students will share their exploration, via the range of artistic expression--their own and that of "published" artists--the role of art in man's ability and attempts to remember and learn from the tragedy of war.

The Molokai students are focusing on art, history, and economy.

Moanalua students will reflect on poetry and song and architecture as artistic response to the different wars of our country.

Students in Japan are focusing on monuments of war--words of wisdom about war and loss of lives, a combination of the literary and art.