Using senses to create a song of place
Students will:
Creating crosswords as a way to teach about place
Students will:
* Explore, learn, and share about the place with which they most closely identify
* Create a crossword puzzle about the place they identify with that highlights key facts and features
* Give a short presentation to teach their classmates about this special place
Reinforcing daily acts of kindness
Students will be reinforced for doing daily acts of kindness, which are “baby steps” to community service.
Genuine? Fake? Smiles cause…
Students will:
Identify & celebrate everyone’s gifts
Students will:
* Participate in an exercise to build confidence
* Receive positive encouragement to believe in themselves
* Experience success through service
Keeping your inner light shining bright
Students will:
– Develop a deeper understanding of self and inner strength
– Participate in group problem solving that encourages positive solutions
Developing the ability to focus
Students will develop critical observation skills
Establishing the way “to be”
Students will:
* Learn about protocols and agreements
* Understand kuleana & interconnectedness of individual behavior in a group setting
* Collaborate with teacher(s) to create specific agreements on “how to be”
* Learn about any established school and classroom protocols
Communicate a message using video
Students will:
* Develop interest and knowledge about a relevant issue
* Co-create a video production plan, including storyboard and script
* Co-produce a video that shares a powerful message
* Develop collaboration, communication and writing skills by working on a production team
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
Exploring similarities & differences
Students will learn what group members have in common.
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
Understanding the energy in everything
Students will:
* Deepen understand of mana, or spiritual energy
* Help participants recognize and appreciate mana in people, things, and places
* Experience a breathing technique that can help balance personal energy
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
How it looks & how it feels to be bullied
Students will:
* Experience and discuss a “visual message” that demonstrates the effects of bullying on any youth or adult
* Better understand the power of their words
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
Living pono; protecting Hawai‘i nei
Students and teachers will:
* Gain a deeper appreciation for the land, sea, and their community
* Find ways they can protect, defend and preserve what is important to them
Hawaiian food pyramid and health
Students will:
*Gain knowledge about their ancestors
* Make healthy food choices by studying a Hawaiian/local food pyramid
* Sample a variety of healthy “rainbow” foods
Tapping the power of hope, faith & love
Students will:
* Learn the song Ekolu Mea Nui – Three Great Things (Faith, Hope, Love)
* Create a reflection (position statement, poem, personal quote, or illustration) incorporating the three key ideas presented in this song
Fostering a healthier diet
Students will:
– understand the importance of a healthy diet.
Setting goals for school and life
Students will:
* Deepen understanding of how goals support achievement
* Identify respected people; discuss how they achieved their success
* Create SMART goals
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
Sharing stories & building communities
Students will:
* Deepen understanding of self and relationships with others
* Build bonds between the participants through heartfelt sharing in a safe place
Learning the power of your breath
Students will:
* Learn the importance of breath in Hawaiian culture
* Study how important oxygen and correct breathing are for human health
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
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
Creating meaningful representations
Students will:
* Focus attention on relevant topics (self, family, community)
* Learn about the meanings of symbols, both historical and current
* Create meaningful representations that incorporate historic Hawaiian symbols
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
Weaving strands to strengthen intent
Students will:
Exploring Culture through storytelling
Students will:
* Use a writing template that encourages exploration of their cultural heritage
* Interview family members & co-write a cultural heritage poem using same template
* Practice presentation skills by reading aloud their poems
* Explore diverse mediums of expression for sharing their poems with an audience
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)
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
Linking passion & ability to excel
Students will:
* Explore and discover their passions and abilities to help them chart a course for their future.
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.
Words from kūpuna on the importance of place
Students will:
– Be introduced to the significance of “place” in Hawaiian culture.
– Read and discuss various quotes from respected Hawaiian leaders and scholars.
– Deepen understanding of why place is so important in Hawaiian culture.
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.
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
LGBT awareness and sensitivity
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
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
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.
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
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
Exploring relationships and responsibilities to place
Students will:
* Be able to understand themselves and how they fit in their place
* Start to think about their kuleana to that place and how they can contribute and help their community thrive
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
LGBT awareness activity
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”.
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.
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
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.
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
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
Hands on leadership and team building
Students will:
* Practice teambuilding and communication skills
* Connect to the characteristics and attributes of a leader
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
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
Setting & supporting goals
Students will:
* Use the analogy of a kite to think about what it takes to achieve goals
* Build and decorate a kite that represents their goals and dreams (on the top) as well as what will support them to do well (underneath).
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
Participants (teacher and students) will engage in an introduction activity about their name and themselves, with the goal of building connections with one another
Water: In need of protection
Students will:
– Learn why Wai (water) is at the core of Hawaiian culture and the ahupua‘a
Identifying your power animal; creating class connections
Students will:
* Gain knowledge and understanding how different cultures relate to the attributes of different animals.
* Learn how our observations of these different animal attributes may teach us about our own attributes.
Helping others; helping yourself
Students will:
* Learn about personal agreements we make that help shape who we are
* Relate ‘Ōlelo No’eau on the power of words to the Four Agreements
* Use the “The Four Agreements” to practice pono communication skills
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’).
Sharing self through art
Students will:
* Deepen their understanding about themselves
* Build connections with peers by sharing about their lives
Observing nature to learn lessons
Students will:
* Understand how the Hawaiian people of old observed things in nature to teach them valuable lessons about themselves
* Learn how they can use nature to influence positive values & behaviors
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
Head or gut? Which to listen to…
Students will:
* Discover how to reach within for their truth
* Learn a strategy that will help individuals discern what is pono (right choice)
How much sugar do you drink?
Students will:
– Better understand the health risks associated with excess sugar consumption.
– Assess their personal consumption of sugar that they drink
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”
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
Learning stories of familiar places
Students will:
* Select a place name in or near their community, or a place that holds significance in Hawai`i, to study and explore
* Deepen connections to this place by researching the meaning of its name and history
* Prepare and give a short presentation to educate classmates about this place
Polling communities: A simple process to learn a lot
Students will:
* Explore, learn, and share about the place that is their community
* Create and facilitate a one-word reaction poll to assess how others view their community
* Give a short presentation about people’s reactions and their own thoughts about this poll
Understanding trees
Students will:
* Deepen their sense of place and understanding about the importance of trees
* Understand the interdependence between plants and humans
Knowing importance of water
Students will:
* Gain a deeper understanding of the importance of water in Hawaiian culture
* Learn about or review the water cycle from a scientific aspect
* Identify sustainability issues; work toward understanding solutions
Using the ipu to introduce self
* Participants will do an introduction activity about self, using the Ipu (gourd) in connection to the Hawaiian host culture.
Appreciating special people and places
Students will:
* Deepen appreciation of the environment and important people
* Write an essay about individuals who help them grow and inspire them to become leaders
* Optional: Demonstrate technology skills in publishing
Word cards encouraging pono actions
Students will:
* Learn about or revisit the concepts “words have power” and “thoughts become things”
* Develop a pattern of reflecting on a “word of the day” and what insights they can