Our day started with a lecture by Doug Trevaskis, Studies of Asia Professional Development Program, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. He spoke on the "Perspective from 'Down Under'" of the war in the Pacific. This was a very interesting session. Australia located very close to Japan was invaded by the Japanese military. The country suffered many casualties and worked with Allied forces to defeat Japan. The Australian World War II story is a piece of history that U.S. history books should include.
The remaining time was spent working in small groups to develop lesson plans for teaching topics relating to Pearl Harbor. In the afternoon we presented our lesson plans. It was a great activity and now I will have many different activities to us in my classroom.
My group wrote a lesson plan that focused on government responses to an attack on their country. We used responses to the attack on Pearl Harbor and dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Then the lesson could be extended to include 9/11.
The day ended with a closing ceremony. We were given a group photo, certificate, and pin commemorating Pearl Harbor. It was a nice ceremony and somewhat emotional. I am always amazed how easy it is to become close to people after spending only a week together. It is great to meet people and make new friends.
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