This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file "USS Arizona Wreck," and other materials from the park. It was written by John Vierra, Jr., park ranger, USS Arizona Memorial. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.

The USS Arizona Memorial designed a Junior Ranger Booklet to help children embrace and enjoy history. Visiting the USS Arizona Memorial amongst trips to the beach, shopping, snorkeling and Hula makes it hard to make meaningful connections. However, it can be done by humanizing a story and by making history personal. This booklet guides young students through the events of the attack.

These lesson plans are provided to help teachers and students to understand what happened on December 7, 1941. Beginning with the first American treaty with Japan in 1854 though the attacks in 1941, students will use primary sources to synthesize information and draw conclusions about the role of the U.S. Navy in foreign policy and to understand how people in 1941 reacted to the tragic bombing of Pearl Harbor. These lesson plans are geared towards upper middle and high school students.

Scholastic's "My Story: Pearl Harbor" introduces students to the momentous event of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Through this learning adventure, students will come to know about the events that led to the bombing, read the account of Pearl Harbor eyewitnesses, and relive the day Pearl Harbor was bombed through an interactive hour-by-hour account.

Students will research the events that took place at Pearl Harbor; write an in-depth article as though they experienced those events firsthand; and discuss what lessons can be learned from Pearl Harbor. Designed for Grades 9-12.