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| Ko Kula Uka |
Through hands-on activities, students develop a better understanding of how the Hawaiian people were able to utilize endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian introduced resources to sustain a healthy dynamic lifestyle and diet.
Language Arts -- We focus on improving our reading, writing, and speaking skills throughout the year. We will participate in reading circles, create our own literacy portfolio, create our own writing community, based on the writing process and the 6 traits of writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions), and oral presentations.
Math and Science – Students examine the early Hawaiian lifestyle with in the ahupua’a. The course will focus on the early Hawaiian housing system, agriculture and diet. Students:
- research, plan, and construct kauhale and native Hawaiian plant gardens;
- hike and explore various forest trails, collect and analyze data from hikes and related experiments;
- participate in various cooking activities (traditional vs modern) and explore and analyze the health statistics of native and non-native foods; and
- participate in a self-paced math program.
Mo‘olelo – “What are the differences between ‘dominator’ and ‘partnership’ values?” And “Why do some countries have so much wealth and material resources while other countries have so little?” These are just two essential questions this class will focus on during the year. We will research and discuss theories based of partnership and dominator values and their effect on people in certain societies; geography and its effects on world history; the role of food in different cultures; and the early history of the American continent, Native Americans, early immigrants, and slavery in America. The second semester will be focused on American history up until the end of the Civil War. |
