Identifying skills, interests, and passions of a group
* Provide students with a chance to identify some of their skills, interests and passions
* Allow a group to learn about each other’s unique and common strengths and interests
* Provide information about students that enables teachers to build relevancy and relationships
Examining injustice to promote pono
Students will:
* Examine the ways that injustice affects people
* Describe ways to address injustice with pono behaviors
* Understand the meaning of nonviolence by identifying nonviolent qualities
Learning about the power of words
Students will:
– Understand Hawaiian thinking about the power of words
– Consider how this ‘Ōlelo No’eau (historical saying) can help people think & speak pono thoughts
Learning about life’s journey
Students will:
– Listen to a story to prompt thinking about “life’s travels” (ups and downs)
– Deepen understanding of the importance of challenges and overcoming obstacles.
Understanding the canoe to help set goals
Students will:
– Learn about canoe paddling in Hawaiian culture to gain understanding of the importance of patience, responsibility, support systems, and having a destination to paddle to.
– Participate in an activity that teaches critical thinking, collaboration, and observation skills.
– Revisit personal goals and apply new learning about the canoe to help achieve them.
Identifying relationships to nature
Students will:
* Develop a deeper understanding of who they are
* Build deeper connections with the world/environment around them
* Grow respect for all life and its unique and relevant expressions
Exploring roots & preferences
Students will:
* Learn about family and personal connections to community and culture
* Develop deeper understandings about each other to build a strong learning community
* Create & share a collage of personal connections to Home, Host, Local, & Global cultures
Making Polynesian designs, shapes, and symbols
Students will:
– Gain knowledge about Polynesian designs, shapes, and symbols
– Deepen understanding of connections to the environment and things important
– Create a representation of self
Smart in many ways
Students will:
* Learn about multiple ways that intelligence is demonstrated
* Use a self-assessment to discover the different ways they are smart
* Begin learning how these strengths can be applied to daily life
Using kalo (taro) to represent family
Students will:
* Use the metaphor of the kalo (taro) to represent their ʻOhana (family) and connections to their genealogy.