Mrs. Makanui-Yoshida

E na makua o ka papa ewalu,

Mahalo a nui loa from grade 8 social studies.  The sharing of mea’ai at the end of our immigrant unit was a success.  In researching their ancestor, many students often learn new things about their ‘ohana.  While some students experience challenges in researching their ‘ohana, they are able to learn general information when we study the different ethnicities that migrated to American and Hawaii.  As a culminating activity, the sharing of food allows all students to share a part of their heritage.  This activity is all the more rewarding when students have an opportunity to sample a new food.

Again, mahalo for your continued support,

Mrs. Makanui-Yoshida

Reminder, period 4 and 5, share on 2/24.  Period 1, 2, and 7, share on 2/25.  If you forget, you’ll bring mea’ai on the 2/26 or 2/27.

Requirements:

• authentic dish
• index card (1/4 sheet of paper) with name of the dish and your “connection” to it.

Share your ancestor

If I did not return your “Ancestor Interview” assignment, you will be given an extra day to complete the ancestor assignment.  Original due dates were 2/19 or 2/20.

DON’T FORGET – mea`ai share is 2/24 or 2/25.

Compare Ellis Island and Angel Island using a Venn diagram.  Use the web sites provided. You are documenting the actual place and the experiences of the people who went through there.

Ellis and Angel Island web sites

Create a piece to share you ancestor with us:

• poem
• collage
• scrapbook
• other?