DOCUMENT RESUME ED 262 129 UD 024 466 Hawaiian Studies
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 262 129 UD 024 466 TITLE Hawaiian Studies Curriculum Guide. Grades K-1. INSTITUTION Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. PUB DATE Dec 83 NOTE 316p.; For the Curriculum Guides for Grades 2,3, and 4, see UD 024 467-468, and ED 255 597. "-PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use - Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Community Resources; *Cultural Awareness; *Cultural Education; *Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Hawaiian; *Hawaiians; Instructional Materials; Kindergarten; *Learning Activities; Pacific Americans; *Teacher Aides; Vocabulary IDENTIFIERS *Hawaii ABSTRACT This curriculum guide suggests activities and educational experiences within a Hawaiian cultural context for kindergarten and Grade 1 students in Hawaiian schools. First, a introduction-discusses the contents of the guide, the relations Hip of - the classroom teacher and the kupuna (ljawaiian-speaking elder); the identification and scheduling of Kupunas; and how to use the ide. The remainder of the guide is divided into two major sections. Each is preceded by an overview which outlines the subject areas into which Hawaiian Studies instruction is integrated; the emphases or major lesson topics taken up within each subject, area; the learning objectives addressed by the instructional activities; and a key to the unit's appendices, which provide cultural information to supplement the activities. The activities in Unit I focus on the "self" and the immediate environment. They are said to give children ___Dppor-tumit-ies to investigate and experience feelings and ideas and then to determine whether they are acceptable within classroom and home situations. The activities of Unit II involve the children in experiences dealing with the "'ohana" (family) by having them identify roles, functions, dependencies, rights, responsibilities, occupations, and other cultural characteristics of the 'ohana.
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