Each year, Sherman High School freshmen GT students prepare an integrated, technology driven program to share with their peers. The program is called, "Strolling through the Decades" and that is exactly what they do. The students form groups and select a decade in the 20th century to research. They learn the many different aspects of the decade, i.e., history, science, literature, music, art, clothing, etc. Then they present their findings in a 30 minute technology driven, multi-media presentation in the SHS Little Theater. The students went all out this year, dressing in the styles of their particular decade, playing the pop music of the times, and performing the dances to go along with it. Kayla Edwards, Jordan Smith, Kelsey Travis, Lydia Morrow, Taylor Walker, and Karah Brant chose the 1920’s for their decade presentation. Complete with flapper girls, beads, and the “Can, Can” dance, these students researched and shared their findings which included everything from famous sports figures, (Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden) and entertainment, (Charlie Chaplin, who was against talking films because he said, “Actions speak louder than words.”) to discoveries and inventions, (bobbie pins, Henry Ford’s Model T, penicillin). Instructor Jan Wilson said that she looks forward to this every year because the students continue to improve upon what was done the previous year. Shown here is Taylor Walker explaining the fashion of the 1920’s, particularly the rising hemlines beginning in 1923 but falling back when the depression hit in 1929.