Students in the CD Andrew High School Program participated in a two-day event that focused on three eras of U.S. History that they learned about in great depth: the roaring 20’s, the Great Depression, and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Students put the books away and circulated between the three teachers’ classrooms, where they were able to experience what life would have been like had they been living during those times and events. In Mrs. Lindemulder’s roaring 20’s station, students learned how to dance the Charleston and even participated in assembling a Ford car on an assembly line. In Ms. Kern’s Great Depression station, students were given a set amount of money and had to use it wisely, or else they would (and some did) end up in jail or homeless living under a box. In Mrs. Nagy’s Pearl Harbor station, students were able to experience what a Saturday night would be like in Hawaii by hanging out on a beach, eating various Hawaiian foods and fruity drinks, only to wake up the next morning (Sun, Dec. 7, 1941) and realize the entire harbor is being bombed.
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