E nā haumāna papa ʻ12 a me nā mākua ē,
Aloha! Ke kau nui nei koʻu manaʻo i ka hana pū i kēia makahiki kula hou. E aʻo aku, aʻo mai a e hoʻohauʻoli nō hoʻi.
Na Kumu Kapulani
Seniors and Senior Parents,
Aloha! I’m looking forward to working together this new school year. Let’s learn from each other and have a good time doing it.
Kumu Kapulani
Write a poem on Hawaiian Identity (Who are you? What makes you Hawaiian? What is Hawaiian?, etc.) using 5 out of 7 types of imagery and 2 types of poetic devices. Choose from below. Due on the last day of class – Th. for block 4, Fri. for blocks 2 & 3.
Seven types of imagery: (5 out of 7)
Poetic devices: (2) We did not talk about them all but feel free to look up any that you are interested in.
Please do not mark the reading. Instead, as you read the article, in your notebook, jot down:
1) interesting points
2) important ideas
3) questions
Then write (do not type) a brief summary of the article to turn in at the start of class on Monday.
Be prepared to present/discuss the article to the class on Monday. Happy reading!
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Overthrow
You are:
Queen Liliʻuokalani
– With all due respect, your Highness, after King Kalākaua’s death, why did you sign the oath to uphold the Constitution of 1887?
– After taking the throne, what did your people urge you to do?
– In the afternoon of Jan. 17, 1893 what was your reaction to seeing that a company of marines landed in Honolulu and stood facing the Palace with guns drawn?
– To whom did you surrender and why?
– Why did you not ask your people to stand and fight?
– Have you written a memoir and where can people find it?
Lorrin A. Thurston
– Name all of the groups you led in chronological order.
– Why did the Hawaiian League move to take power away from the King?
– Why was annexation important to your group?
– What motivated you to overthrow the Queen and her government?
John L. Stevens
– What did you do to help the Thurston faction?
– Why? Personal motives?
– When you landed the troops, was it done with authority of the US gov’t?
James Blount
– Why did you come to Hawaiʻi?
– What did you do while here?
– To whom did you speak?
– What were the results of your findings?
– How were they compiled and to whom were they submitted?
Pres. Grover Cleveland
– Mr. President, you are often referred to as friend of the Queen. What was your first act upon taking the presidency, in Congress, that seemed to support the Queen?
– After the recommendations of Mr. Blount’s report, what did you do next? Did you speak with representatives of the Provisional Gov’t?
– What did they tell you?
– What did you do then?
– Why? What kind of criticism/pressure were you facing from your critics? What were they saying?
Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox
– Mr. Wilcox, please explain what you attempted to do and why.
– You were not successful but will go down in history as a folk-hero, a fighter. It is interesting though that you went against tradition & did not heed the words of your Queen. Care to explain?
John Tyler Morgan
– Sir, please tell us who you are and what your role is in Congress.
– We understand that you conducted your own interviews on the Hawaiian situation. What did you find?
– To whom did you speak?
– Now, be honest, you’re making all of this up aren’t you? What are your real motives? Why do you want Hawaiʻi so bad?
Royal Hawaiian Band Member
– Following the overthrow, what did the P.G. ask you to do?
– What is the name of the protest song written to commemorate your opposition to the P.G?
– What does the phrase “ʻAi Pōhaku” mean?
Annexation
Congressman 1 who supported annexation
– When the issue of annexing Hawaiʻi came to the floor, why were you in support of it?
Congressman 2 who did not support annexation
– When the issue of annexing Hawaiʻi came to the floor, why were you not in support?
To both Congressmen
– How did the vote turn out?
– Explain how your President urged Congress to take Hawaiʻi in 1898 and why he felt annexing Hawaiʻi was an absolute necessity at the time.
– Explain how Congress annexed Hawaiʻi.
– What was the name of the document?
Hawaiian citizen
– Can you describe ways that ordinary Hawaiians protested annexation even in the smallest of ways.
Pres. of Hui Aloha ‘Āina James Kauliʻa
– What significant actions did your group along with the women’s patriotic league take to express Hawaiian objections to annexation? Give details.
– Did the petitions make any difference? Seeing into the future, what impact to the petitions have on Hawaiians of the 21st century and why?
American Hawai’i
Sanford B. Dole
– After taking full control of Hawaiʻi the P.G. declared their independence on July 4changed their name to what and governed under this name until when? Why?
– Explain how you were able to carve out a tight circle of friends to run a country.
One of the Big 5
-Who are you?
-What business are you in?
-Explain your control over Hawaiʻiʻs economy.
-How long did you hold this monopoly over Hawaiʻiʻs econmony?
Statehood
US president
-Why didn’t you inform Hawaiians on their right to self-determination?
UN representative
-Why didn’t you do more to defend Hawaiian rights to self-determination?
-According to the UN charter, Hawaiians were supposed to have an all Hawaiian vote with three choices. What were those three choices?
Here are the tasks for today:
(Before you leave, review the blog as a group then e-mail the link to kaantoni@ksbe.edu)
Research to be collected:
2. Find & type up all ʻōlelo noʻeau pertaining to your moku.
(Refer to Place Names index in ʻŌlelo Noʻeau by Mary Kawena Pukuʻi.)
3. Look up your moku in Place Names of Hawaiʻi by Esther Moʻokini & Mary Kawena Pukuʻi. Find meaning and other relevant information given.
4. Find & type up stories or historical events that took place in your moku
(Refer to Sites of Maui by Elspeth Sterling. Also search online.)
5. Find mele (songs, chants) of your moku online. Do general searches but also try searching ulukau.org and nupepa-hawaii.com
6. Find wind and rain names of your moku. Describe characteristics.
(Refer to my previous blog post below containing the Ua & Makani references.)
Basically, you are to look for any information you can find on your moku. While researching, pay attention to certain historical sites you may want to choose for the second portion of this project which will be to research a specific site within the moku.
Moku groups
Block 2
Hāna – Tiare/Savannah/Ashley/Ceidi
Kahikinui – Chase/Pono/Micah/Josh
Hāmākuapoko – Kelia/Tana/Jaye/Shai
Hāmākualoa-Aulia/Kaylee/Daisy/Kaiani
Honuaʻula – Aaron/Keoni
Kaupō-Kamanu/Aidan
Kīpahulu- Moana/Kēhau/Spencer(chosen from bowl)
Block 3
Kaupō – Dylan/Austin/Nuʻu
Kaʻanapali – Michael/Haliʻa/Jessica
Wailuku – Jackie/Tiana/Kylyn
Kula-Jonah/Regina/Sydney
Lahaina – Kia/Jacob/Jonathan
Honuaʻula – Tiare/ʻIlima/Keawe
Kahikinui- Maka/Kaleʻa/Esther
Block 4
Lahaina – Mikayla
Wailuku-Micah/Brennon/Ryland
Hāmākuapoko-Ed/Damian/Taylor
Kula – Dayson/Kalena/Tynell
Koʻolau-Kristian/Kevyn/Noelani
Write an essay about one or more of the cultural images, symbols, or art forms that have been historically utilized by the Hawaiian community to communicate a particular message or value or serve a specific purpose. The essay should:
MUST BE RESEARCH BASED. Students should draw from their own personal knowledge and research information from a variety of sources. Primary and secondary source material could include: historical and reference material, interviews, images, symbols and artwork, personal experiences, oral testimonies, official documents, diaries, letters, autobiographies, newspapers, academic journals, films and television movies, and Internet sources.
Bibliography, Work Cited, or Reference Page required.
1200 words minimum not including Works Cited.
Essay should be typed, 12 pt. font, 1.5 spacing. Double-sided if longer than a page.
Essays must have an original title, an introduction, body and conclusion. Essays will also be graded for grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Come up with one answer by discussing in your group. Submit one paper per group.
1. Was the overthrow an action perpetrated by the United States government? If so, why? If not, who was responsible? Explain.
2. Should the United States ultimately be held responsible? Why/why not?
3. How did the haole faction get power? List specific events/examples from Kalākaua’s and Liliʻu’s reign.
4. What reason did Minister John L. Stevens give for landing the Marines?
5.Why did Liliʻu agree to surrender and to whom did she surrender?
6.Why was the Queen adamant about avoiding bloodshed?
7. What did the Blount Report say?
8. Why was the Blount Report ignored?
