What does whaling in the 1800’s, the United States Civil War and the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia have in common? They are all key elements in the Teleschool Branch television series Stories to Tell.

Stories to Tell is a 9 part television series telling the story of 4 whaling ships sunk during the US Civil War in 1865 in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. The whale ships were sunk by the Confederate raider the CSS Shenandoah. One of the whale ships sunk was the Harvest, which was a whaling ship whose homeport was in Honolulu from the nation of Hawai'i.

This series tells how whaling ships moved out of New England and came into Hawaii and the Pacific and then into Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
The series explores how and why the US Civil War came into the Pacific. And it looks at the dramatic changes which took place in Hawai'i and Pohnpei as the result of whaling.

Program #1: I, Archaeologist

Program #2: `O Kohola, Whaling Comes to Hawai`i

Program #3: Why Whales?

Program #4: Life on a Whaler

Program #5: Whaling in Pohnpei

Program #6: Whaling in Pohnpei, Part 2

Program #7: Sinking of the Whaling Ships

Program #8: Thinking Like an Archaeologist