Category Archives: What’s going on in class?

Due 2/5/2015 Task: You will interview an adult members of your family (any side, any ethnicity) At least one must be of your grandparents’ generation. The other can be of the parent generation.  Format: Video recording with basic editing (see below). … Continue reading →

Ke Au Kahiko (Type or write out your answers. You may consult your notes.) 1)   Discuss two ways Paʻao contributed to the development of classical Hawaiian society. 2)   Discuss what you learned about the aliʻi and kahuna classes from the … Continue reading →

Our new school year is under way and everyone is feeling comfortable in class and with each other. We’ve been talking about Hawaiian origins, examining what science tells us and what our own people put down in moʻolelo. If you … Continue reading →

The Trask Task Me: The assignment is to create an autobiography of Haunani-Kay Trask. You: Kumu, don’t you mean a biography? Me: No. I want an autobiography. You: So, does that mean I will be writing as Trask herself, from … Continue reading →

One day each of us will leave this earth but our belongings will remain. Someone will have to sift through them deciding what to keep and what to throw out. What kinds of things do you have and what do … Continue reading →

Welcome to the new year! I’m looking forward to meeting and working with the second half of Senior class of 2014. I’m also very excited about debuting my new curriculum which I’ve been working on since last semester. Basically, it … Continue reading →

What is the biggest societal problem or global issue that concerns you today and how are you committed to helping solve the problem?

Check out this interesting piece: http://www.nativescience.org/html/traditional_knowledge.html My students read then discussed this article in a Socratic Circle. It was a lively discussion. I could see how their thoughts were evolving as a result of the article.

“Did you hear about the fight at the dining hall during lunch today?” “No, what happened?” And so begins the retelling of the story by those who witnessed it. Then soon by those who heard it secondhand. Who’s right? Whose … Continue reading →

One day each of us will leave this earth but our belongings will remain. Someone will have to sift through them deciding what to keep and what to throw out. What kinds of things do you have and what do … Continue reading →