Curriculum

Reinforcing daily acts of kindness
Students will be reinforced for doing daily acts of kindness, which are “baby steps” to community service.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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

Hands on leadership and team building
Students will:
* Practice teambuilding and communication skills
* Connect to the characteristics and attributes of a leader

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

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

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’).

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

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”