Students will create an original work of art by identifying, applying, and communicating patterns and motifs of their ancestral cultures/backgrounds. To enhance this lesson, you can give students this worksheet as ha’awina (homework) to complete and bring back before the next class.
Students will:
– Identify their own emotions
– Develop awareness for self and others
– Integrate social and cultural assets
– Deepen understanding of others by viewing other perspectives
This lesson engages students in a hands-on project to create and care for a vegetable
garden, with each plant representing different personalities. The goal is to help students
understand their own personalities as well as those of their peers, while also emphasizing the
importance of teamwork in creating a healthy, thriving garden environment.
Students will:
– Enhance social awareness and strengthen their understanding of themselves and
others
– Understand and express thoughts and feelings
– Create their own food resources
This lesson engages students in their ahupuaʻa of Heʻeia through their experiences and
existing relationship with the fishpond, through moʻolelo and art. The objective of the project is
more students to collaborate with each other to create one mural draft or sketch that
represents their loko iʻa and expresses the importance of it to the larger community.
Students will:
– Develop relationship skills
– Seek and/or offer support when needed
– Identify and use self-management strategies
Read-Aloud to Younger Students
Students will:
– Improve reading fluency and expression.
– Demonstrate effective reading skills using appropriate tone, pacing, and engagement
techniques.
– Develop their presentation skills by reading aloud to younger students.
– Actively engage younger students in the reading experience to listen attentively and
interact with the reader and story.
Struggling with Good vs Bad
Students will:
* Learn that every human faces the same struggle choosing to be good instead of bad.
* Provide students with new “tools” to help them have positive thoughts and feelings about themselves, others and life in general.
Main ideas to be shared during the workshop:
1. Forces of Good & Bad
2. Thoughts Become Things
3. Love is letting go of fear
4. Happiness is only a thought away
* Discuss prevalent issues in their lives and/or school
* Brainstorm ways to reduce the challenges and stress they face everyday
LGBT awareness activity
LGBT awareness and sensitivity
Living the Pono way
Students will:
* Learn about the Law of the Splintered Paddle
* Explore the universal concepts of justice, mercy & forgiveness
* Design and deliver a personal doctrine about “Truth, Justice & the Pono Way”
Strategies for Kōnane and life
Students will:
* Create a Kōnane game set and learn how to play this game
* Be introduced to strategies for success relevant to Kōnane as well as life
* Participate in a Kōnane tournament to apply knowledge of strategies
A universal guide to living pono
Students will learn about the universal truth of the Golden Rule and how this understanding might be incorporated into everyday life to support e ola pono, living pono (doing the ‘right thing’).
Learning to work together in unity
Students will:
* Experience how working together as a team can be challenging
* Learn about effective team collaboration and communication
Hawai‘i Slam Poets personify issues impacting youth
Students will…
* Identify social and emotional issues that come up for many youth
* Discuss prevalent issues in their lives and/or school
* Brainstorm ways to reduce the challenges and stress they face everyday
Hands on leadership and team building
Students will:
* Practice teambuilding and communication skills
* Connect to the characteristics and attributes of a leader
Understanding different points of view
Students will:
* Better understand listening/communication skills
* Learn there are many ways to look at the same thing
* Be aware that our personal perspectives make us who we are
* Recognize that individual differences keep relationships interesting
* Learn that different points of view can be useful
Creating through collaboration
Students will:
* Discuss and select an image or topic that is important to their community
* Work in collaboration with peers to plan and complete an art project
* Make a group collage that exemplifies how individuals can collaborate to create a new “whole”.
Capturing community images
Students will:
* Look at their surrounding community and environment through the lens of a camera.
* Create a mural with images of community.
* Increase collaboration and observation skills while expressing creativity and learning about their community.
Makahiki games & leadership
Students will:
* Study the story of Lonoikamakahiki to learn about leadership through a cultural lens
* Learn about and teach the basic Makahiki games and equipment use to other students
* Identify personal potential for leadership and growth through a Hawaiian social framework
School mascots & how we relate
Participants will investigate how the characteristics and attributes of their school mascot may relate to themselves and how they, in return, can represent their school’s spirit
Learn & compare Hawaiian counting
Students will participate in a math activity coming from a Hawaiian cultural practice and compare what they learn to the math they practice today. The activity outcome will include creation of a Hawaiian math guide.
Group connections & how they feel
Students will:
* Identify groups they belong to
* Think about feelings attached to belonging to a group as well as not belonging
Facts and discussion prompts about bullying
Students will:
* Review current information about bullying behaviors, roles, and impact on people
* Become familiar with appropriate ways to respond to bullying experiences
* Discuss scenarios to help students discern teasing from bullying (gr. 6)
* Review current & create new scenarios regarding ‘ole pono (not pono) behaviors (gr. 7)
* Develop a project/activity promoting pono within their school community (gr. 8)
Having fun with communication
Students will:
* Learn about different forms of communication
* Become aware of personal leadership styles through play interaction
* Build relationships within a group by having fun
Learn by watching & listening
Students will:
* Learn about each other
* Complete a task without one of their constantly used senses
* Provide an opportunity to reinforce observation skills
* Help students learn how to work together when there is a challenge
Learning about kuleana and community roles through story
Students will:
* Learn the importance of community through the mo‘olelo (story) of Hala’ea
* Think about their own kuleana (responsibility) to community
Using Appreciative Inquiry to cause change
Students will:
* Work in collaboration to create an activity or project that promotes pono and peace in their school or community
* Follow Appreciative Inquiry steps to identify a campaign focus and design and implement their campaign steps
* Share what was accomplished by joining the E Ola Pono Campaign
Creating through collaboration
Students will:
* Build group bonds to foster collaboration and friendships
* Learn about everyone’s interests, connections, and cultures
* Develop appreciation for diversity by learning about layers of culture
Thinking about the importance of contributions
Students will:
* Learn about the importance of contributions from community members
* Participate in an activity highlighting the importance of everyone contributing
Learning by serving community
Students will:
– Build connections to their community by giving back in a useful way
– Learn collaboration skills through authentic work experience
– Develop abilities to problem solve and create
– Identify benefits of community service
Exploring similarities & differences
Students will learn what group members have in common.
Capturing Kupuna Wisdom and Community History
Students will:
* Increase understanding of their community through research and interviewing
* Apply language arts skills including critical thinking, questioning, listening, speaking, and writing
* Work in collaboration to document and perpetuate community wisdom and history