Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i
Mo‘olelo Hawai‘i
Course Syllabus
Ke Kula Makahiki 2012-2013
Classroom phone: (808) 982-0617
Email address: [email protected]
Kumu Alameida
Overview:
Ho‘oku‘i Nā Uapo, Connecting Bridges, the theme for this Hawaiian History course, identifies
and examines historical events before Western contact and up to the present. The primary goal of
the course is to have you understand how these events effect change upon generations of Kanaka
Maoli. The focus and point-of-view approach to the course is from the Hawaiian view which has
been ignored in the past but is valid and deserves to be expressed. The course include student
participation in current issues as opportunities for developing leadership skills for the betterment
of all Kanaka Maoli and Hawai‘i.
Standards:
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Student understands and respects culture and culture diversity.
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Student understands his/her historical roots and the ways human beings view themselves
in and over time.
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Student develops his/her spatial views and geographic perspectives of the world throuogh
the study of people, places and environment.
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Student understands the factors that contribute to his/her individual development and
identity.
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Student analyzes interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.
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Student develops civic competence through the study of how people create and change
structures of power, authority, and governance.
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Student understands the factors that influence the production, distribution and
consumption of goods and services.
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Student understands the interaction between science, technology, and society.
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Student understands the important and diverse connections and interdependence among
world societies.
Essential Questions:
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Where is your place in Hawaiian history?
How would you define traditional Hawaiian economical system prior to western contact?
How can you describe traditional Hawaiian culture, government, and religion prior to
western contact?
What kind of leader was Kamehameha I? What was his leadership style?
What events led to the unification of the Hawaiian kingdom by Kamehameha I?
What were the perceptions of Hawaiians and foreigners that suggest culture conflict?
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How did the rise of capitalism and threats to Hawaiian sovereignty impact Native
Hawaiians?
What political strategies did Hawaiian leaders apply to limit the growing political power
of the largely American and Protestant missionary influence on the sugar industry?
What were the events that led to political changes of the Hawaiian Kingdom?
How did change impact the social, political, and economic control of Hawai‘i?
What factors spawned the Hawaiian renaissance?
What are the historical roots of Kamehameha School?
What is Hawai‘i’s relation with the global community today?
Why perpetuate Hawaiian history, culture, and language? How can it be done?
Materials Required:
Personal laptop/excess to email
Pen, pencil.
3 ring binder or portfolio.
Content Outline:
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Ka Paepae: ʻImi a loaʻa (Discovery)
EQ: Where is my place in Hawaiian history?
a. Voyaging/Hawaiian society before Western contact
b. Polynesian Triangle
c. Nā Ali‘i o ka wā kahiko
d. Ke Aloha ʻĀina
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Nā Alakaʻi
EQ: What is Hawaiian leadership?
a. What was the structure of traditional Hawaiian leadership?
b. Is there a difference between Hawaiian and Western leadership?
c. Kamehameha: A Hawaiian leader
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E Mau Ke Ea – Sovereignty
EQ: How did Native Hawaiians react to change?
a. Kamehameha: Kingdom and Nation
b. Political, social, economic challenges
c. Contact and change: capitalism and merchants (sandalwood, whaling,
merchants, planters)
d. Māhele
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Huliau – Sovereignty overturned
EQ: What are the roots of Kanaka Maoli resistance?
a. Reciprocity Treaty, Bayonet Constitution, Annexation, Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act
b. Road to Changes (Sugar Industry, Immigration, Big Five)
c. Hawaiian Renaissance
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He Hawai‘i Kākou
EQ: What are the challenges of American citizenship facing Native Hawaiians?
a. Aliʻi Trusts
b. Self-determination
c. Native Hawaiians and the Global Environment
Course Materials/Resources:
Selected readings from resources/media
Desha, S. Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o
Kamakau, S. Ruling Chiefs; Tales and Traditions of the People of Old
Keku‘iapoiwa Learning Center
Other resources as appropriate
Learner Expectations:
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Mākaukau – Ready and Prepared
Kuleana – Responsibility
Po‘okela – Excellence and Quality
Kōkua - Cooperation
Ho‘olohe - Listen
Grading:
Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
Total Points
93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
73-76
70-72
67-69
63-66
60-62
0-59
Assignments:
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Grade based on a point system.
Not doing an assignment is NOT AN OPTION.
All assignments must be completed.
Assignment Policy: Student & Parent Handbook High School 2011-2012, p. 31.