Hawaiian history/Pacific Island Nations (Period All) Assignments
- Instructor
- J. Honjiyo
- Term
- 2013 - 2014 SY
- Department
- Team 7C
- Location
- D-9
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Past Assignments
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Coral Reef Journal
Do a journal explaining how you helped the Coral Reef. Five days.
1.Find out online what can you do for the coral reef ecosystem. Look up on website.
a. Coralfilms.com
2. act on it.
3. Write a paragraph saying what you did and how it helps the environment.
4. Show proof that you did it. ((Pictures, etc)
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Test on Navigation, Migration, and the Marshall Islands on Friday. May 9.
Debate project is due May 14th. Make sure you communicate with your partner on the topics you are researching.
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PCC Booklet is due May 1,2.
Debate Project is due May 14-15. Outlines and prep for Debate. I attached the project. It will be on foreign influence and development. Is it hurting or helping the islands (this includes Hawaii)
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Your digital treasure hunt is due monday. I gave 3 weeks to do this so I am REALLY hoping you are not bothering your parents to do it ALL at once this weekend. I am disappointed today that people are telling me TODAY that they cant find places to take pictures even though I keep saying you can take it NEAR or ON campus (even Ms. Chun's field trip had some of the items.) IF you absolutely cannot find a place to take the picture then you can find a picture online but make sure you answer ALL of the questions correctly. You will get some credit for it.
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Digital Geology Treasure Hunt
Overview: The islands in the Pacific are in existence today because of what happened to the Earth thousands of years ago and still continues today. In this project, you will find evidence of basic Pacific Island Geology that exists here on Oahu.
Materials: Google Presentation or video
Procedure: Take pictures or video of the following and answer the questions on each slide. You MUST be in the picture to gain credit.
- 1. Two volcanoes on Oahu. Label each of the pictures with the name of the Volcano.
- 2. Take a picture of a Cinder Cone. How is a Cinder Cone made?
- 3. Take a Picture of a Tuff Cone. How is a Tuff Cone made?
- 4. Take a picture of living coral. Explain how do they survive (eat, live, reproduce) If possible, try to diagram it on the picture you took.
- 5. Take a picture of dead coral. Explain how can you tell it’s dead.
- 6. Take a Picture of an Uhu (Parrot fish). Explain how does a parrot fish helps with erosion of an island and the making of sand.
- 7. Take a picture representing Water Erosion of Oahu. Explain how does water erode an island.
- 8. Plate Tectonics. Pictures can be found online for this one. find a picture of a land form created by plates moving away from each other. Find a picture of a landform created by plates colliding.
IF you absolutely cannot find a place to take the picture. Find a picture online but make sure you answer ALL of the questions to get credit though you will get more credit if you take a pic of the item.
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Island Brochure Project: Due April 7. Please look over specs on the attachment. We will be doing a Travel Expo to present you brochure. You and your partner will try to convince people to visit your island using your brochure along with possible other presentation tools like a video commercial or a google presentation.
Also, you will be working on an individual project: a Digital Geology Treasure Hunt. I will post the items to find soon.
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All students,
Homework for the Break is just:
Teenbiz: 1. RIP Ancient Greece and 2. RIP Western Roman Empire. Just do the activity.
Reflection: Was Imperialism good or bad for the pacific islands? Back your answer using evidence gained from ALL of the presentations in class.
ALL projects should be ready to present since yesterday. One group was not ready AT ALL.
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Here is your new project for the end of the quarter. Please read instructions carefully. Also I have attached how to ask cross examination questions.
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Your Final Plantation Life Essay is due on the Feb 24. From now on, ALL essays will be done on Google Drive.
Final Project will be Congressional Hearing/Moot Court on the Pacific Islands.
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Due Thur/Fri - Reflection on project.
Due Monday - Essay in immigration life.
Final Qtr Project will be a moot court simulation on the effects of Imperialism on the Pacific Islands.
Reminder: Almost ALL late work (unless specified) can be turned in with a late letter.
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Reminder: Immigration Project due on Monday!
Test on Government (Constitutions of Hawaii and steps of law making) and Politicians. Study your notes
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Sorry for not updating.
All students should be working on the immigration project. Due Feb 3
1.Family History and connection to immigrant migration from another country.
2. Ethnic Cultural item brought over by the immigrant group.
a. Cover What is it
b. Its importance to culture.
c. How is it different in Hawaii/US vs. the Home Country
d. where can you find it here or in the US.
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Hello Students, Your homework over the break is a 5 paragraph essay (Intro, body, and conclusion). It can be about one of the two questions:
1. After studied the different governments around the world, what does freedom mean to you? Compare to at least three governments as evidence.
2. Did Kamehameha III make the right choice to a type of Democracy? Why or why not? Compare to at least three types of governments. (5 paragraphs)
I want it typed Times New Roman 12 font Double Spaced.
Happy Holidays! Good job in winning the Spirit Competition against 8th grade. I know team 7C was the loudest.
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I am moving the due date of the double bubble map to Dec 19. You should have at least 7-10 bubbles on each side for contrast and at least 5 for compare. No exceptions on the due date. Video Project is still is due Dec 16th. We will basically have a Film Festival starting monday. With Q and A at the end.
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New Project! Please read attachments.
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Project updates were passed out in class. Double bubble instead of Two tree maps. Powerpoint from Mr. Okamura's lesson is posted so you can do your work on the worksheet.
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Project updates were passed out in class. Double bubble instead of Two tree maps. Powerpoint from Mr. Okamura's lesson is posted so you can do your work on the worksheet.
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As a reminder, the Mahele Project is due on the 22th. make sure you ask any questions if you need help!
Also we will be working on Whalers and Democracy very soon so be ready. Video project is coming up.
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REMINDER: MAHELE PROJECT DUE NOV. 22.
Title Piece should have the Pie Chart and Mahele Title and a definition.
Make sure every branch has:
Pie Slice
Background
What happened to the land
What is the land being used for now.
Quiz on Mahele Thurs and Fri.
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KII Test will be given on Monday Nov. 4.
Comic Strip is already due.
Mahele Project: Worth 2 Grades
A 3D tree map of the land division.
Materials: Oak Tag, blank paper, and String
Draw out a Pie Chart of the Mahele Land Division.
Commoners:0.8%
Crown Lands: 23.8%
Government Lands: 36.2%
Konohiki Lands:39.2%
Create Branches with descriptions on one side nd pictures representing.and the pie slice representing that division.
Look as Exemplar in class.
Due Nov. 18.
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There will be a quiz on Kahekili, Kamualii, and Kalanikupule on Tuesday and Wed for period 5. Please study your flow maps.
There is STILL a bunch on NO NAME posters. Claim them on your own time or you will not get credit for it.
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Reflection questions may be printed out or done on a separate sheet. Due when you come back from break along with your cornell notes. Use to the cornell notes to answer the reflection questions.
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Due to activity day and Reading Challenge Kick off the due date for your leadership presentation will be on:
SEPT 30
Poster due date is still
OCT 4
There will be a Test on Monday about The Big Island and possibly Kahekili
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Poster is due on Oct 4.
Finish one paragraph for cornell notes per presentation.
Homework over the break will be to write an essay proving if Kamehameha was a great leader or not by comparing him to the other leaders presented, looking at the four catagories.
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Kamehameha PowerPoint
6 grades
4 for powerpoint/2 for poster
PowerPoint due by Sept 26th/27th
Poster due Oct 3th/4th
Background: Kamehameha is widely considered in Hawaii as a great leader. He worked well as a commander of armies, a politician, a shrewd trader, and a popular king. How does he compare to other leaders? Could World history see Kamehameha as a great leader?
Objective: Students will learn about Kamehameha as a leader in a global perspective. Students will create a PowerPoint to compare Kamehameha to a world leader. The Tree Map Poster you are working on in class will help you to understand whom Kamehameha was fighting with and against and why he was at war.
Driving Question: By comparing Kamehameha to a famous or infamous leader, could you consider Kamehameha a great leader?
Materials: Notebook, Note cards, Computer, Power point program. Tree map you are working on in class. A jump drive (to save your work)
Instructions: Students (in groups of pairs) will create a power point comparing Kamehameha to another leader. Slides will be comparing Kamehameha and another leader on the following:
I. Social:
A. Was this leader popular with the people and why?
B. Were there religious contributions done by this leader?
II Political:
A. What type of government did the leader have?
B. What was the leader’s contribution to the government like laws and government structure? (Hint: Law of the Splintered Paddle and Kapu system)
III. Economic
A. Was the leader successful in making money or successful in trade?
B. How did he contribute to the economic welfare of his or her country?
IV. Military
A. Did he or she win battles and why were they successful?
B. What strategies did the leader use to be successful in battle or a failure in battle?
If you can think of other questions or information go ahead and look them up! Just check with Mr. Honjiyo. Students will pair up and split work up into two power points and combine them on presentation day.
Grading: I will use parts of the school wide rubrics. You will be graded on the following.
Oral Presentation:
Did you speak loud enough?
Did you use note cards?
Did you try to look at the audience?
Content:
Do you have enough information to compare Kamehameha to your leader?
Did you answer all of the questions listed?
Did you bring up interesting facts about both of the leaders?
Organization:
Are the slides answered in order?
Is there a flow in the presentation order?
Visual:
Did the pictures make sense?
Did the pictures clarify the parts of the presentation?
Were there at least 3 pics per slide?
Did you use bullets with only two or three words?
DO NOT PUT YOUR ENTIRE SPEECH ON THE SLIDE!!!!!
Creativity (Poster)
Did you decorate you poster with relevant pictures?
Did you use color?
Does your pics or designs show that you took time to decorate it?
Content (poster)
Did you answer the following:
a. How were the people related to Kamehameha or were did they come from?
b. What Moku or islands were they in charge of?
c. What were the successes or failures of each of the people on your tree map?
4=exceeds
3=met
2=approaching
1=not met
0=nothing
Leaders you can use…
Adolf Hitler
Julius Cesaer
Chin Shi Huang Di
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Joseph Stalin
Mao
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Augustus Cesaer
Claudius
Tiberius
Constantine I
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Otto von Bismarck
Winston Churchill
Elisabeth I
Kublai Khan
King Edward I
Or anyone else I approve…
ALL names are first come…first served…
6 grades
4 for powerpoint/2 for poster
PowerPoint due by Sept 26th/27th
Poster due Oct 3th/4th
Background: Kamehameha is widely considered in Hawaii as a great leader. He worked well as a commander of armies, a politician, a shrewd trader, and a popular king. How does he compare to other leaders? Could World history see Kamehameha as a great leader?
Objective: Students will learn about Kamehameha as a leader in a global perspective. Students will create a PowerPoint to compare Kamehameha to a world leader. The Tree Map Poster you are working on in class will help you to understand whom Kamehameha was fighting with and against and why he was at war.
Driving Question: By comparing Kamehameha to a famous or infamous leader, could you consider Kamehameha a great leader?
Materials: Notebook, Note cards, Computer, Power point program. Tree map you are working on in class. A jump drive (to save your work)
Instructions: Students (in groups of pairs) will create a power point comparing Kamehameha to another leader. Slides will be comparing Kamehameha and another leader on the following:
I. Social:
A. Was this leader popular with the people and why?
B. Were there religious contributions done by this leader?
II Political:
A. What type of government did the leader have?
B. What was the leader’s contribution to the government like laws and government structure? (Hint: Law of the Splintered Paddle and Kapu system)
III. Economic
A. Was the leader successful in making money or successful in trade?
B. How did he contribute to the economic welfare of his or her country?
IV. Military
A. Did he or she win battles and why were they successful?
B. What strategies did the leader use to be successful in battle or a failure in battle?
If you can think of other questions or information go ahead and look them up! Just check with Mr. Honjiyo. Students will pair up and split work up into two power points and combine them on presentation day.
Grading: I will use parts of the school wide rubrics. You will be graded on the following.
Oral Presentation:
Did you speak loud enough?
Did you use note cards?
Did you try to look at the audience?
Content:
Do you have enough information to compare Kamehameha to your leader?
Did you answer all of the questions listed?
Did you bring up interesting facts about both of the leaders?
Organization:
Are the slides answered in order?
Is there a flow in the presentation order?
Visual:
Did the pictures make sense?
Did the pictures clarify the parts of the presentation?
Were there at least 3 pics per slide?
Did you use bullets with only two or three words?
DO NOT PUT YOUR ENTIRE SPEECH ON THE SLIDE!!!!!
Creativity (Poster)
Did you decorate you poster with relevant pictures?
Did you use color?
Does your pics or designs show that you took time to decorate it?
Content (poster)
Did you answer the following:
a. How were the people related to Kamehameha or were did they come from?
b. What Moku or islands were they in charge of?
c. What were the successes or failures of each of the people on your tree map?
4=exceeds
3=met
2=approaching
1=not met
0=nothing
Leaders you can use…
Adolf Hitler
Julius Cesaer
Chin Shi Huang Di
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Joseph Stalin
Mao
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Augustus Cesaer
Claudius
Tiberius
Constantine I
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Otto von Bismarck
Winston Churchill
Elisabeth I
Kublai Khan
King Edward I
Or anyone else I approve…
ALL names are first come…first served…
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Due 9/16/13
Your poster project names are the following:
Big island Kalaniopuu. Kiwalao. Keoua. Keawemauhili. Keeaumoku, Kekuhaopio
Maui. Kahekili
Oahu. Kalanikupule
Kauai. Kaeo. Kamualii
Wives. Keopuolani. Kaahumanu
Foreign advisors. John young. Isaac Davis. Mare Amare Captain Brown, Capt. Vancouver
Look up who they are and what was their relationship to Kamehameha. How did they help him or try to hurt him. A brief summary for each.
We will go over many of the names in class but still Research them. Grading will be based off of the Rubric for a Poster.
Your poster project names are the following:
Big island Kalaniopuu. Kiwalao. Keoua. Keawemauhili. Keeaumoku, Kekuhaopio
Maui. Kahekili
Oahu. Kalanikupule
Kauai. Kaeo. Kamualii
Wives. Keopuolani. Kaahumanu
Foreign advisors. John young. Isaac Davis. Mare Amare Captain Brown, Capt. Vancouver
Look up who they are and what was their relationship to Kamehameha. How did they help him or try to hurt him. A brief summary for each.
We will go over many of the names in class but still Research them. Grading will be based off of the Rubric for a Poster.
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Hello Classes.
Study Big Island's districts.
Quiz on Word Wall Words Tuesday (per 5 Wed)
First Project due 9/2/13
Hawaiian Culture Booklet
In order to learn about King Kamehemeha we need to know what culture was he living in. You will create a booklet depicting the main points of Hawaiian culture. You will do the following:
A. Find the definition of the word(s) and write or type them in the booklet
B. Draw pictures or symbols to depict the definition of the word(s)
1. Cover Page: Create your own cover page with name date and period.
2. Island map: Draw all of the islands and label. Give a short description on how the islands came to existence. (Hint: Hot Spot)
3. Class System (Upper): Draw and define what is a: Ali'i (Mo'i, Ali'i Nui, Konohiki) Kahuna (ana ana and lapa'au and any others you can find)
4. Class System (Mid to Lower): Makaainana and Kauwa
5. Land System: Draw a picture of land division and define words. Moku, Ahupua'a, ili and the significance of each.
6. Draw and define Gods: Ku,Lono, Kanaloa and Kane
7.Draw and define types of Heiau: Ho'ola and Luakini
8. Demi Gods- Your choice. Examples Pele, Kamapua'a, Shark God,Kamohoalii, Aumakua (Family God)
Grading; 3 Grades. You will be graded using the schoolwide rubric for a poster. I will be grading you on Content, Organization and Graphic/Aesthetic Appeal/Creativity.
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Homework:
Work on Booklet
Finish chapters 4,5, 7
Quiz on Captain Cook thursday (per1,2) Friday (Per. 3-5)
Work on Booklet
Finish chapters 4,5, 7
Quiz on Captain Cook thursday (per1,2) Friday (Per. 3-5)
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Captain Cook Quiz (2 grades) periods 1,2 Thursday, 345 Fri.
Chapters 4,5 will be checked at the end of the period for credit.
I apologized for the mix up for the booklets...its due Sept 3.
Any questions just email me. Look at the exemplars.
Chapters 4,5 will be checked at the end of the period for credit.
I apologized for the mix up for the booklets...its due Sept 3.
Any questions just email me. Look at the exemplars.
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Quiz on the Districts of Hawaii Thursday-Friday
Booklet Change. Please change page no.2. from island origins to the orgins of the Kapu System.
Booklet Change. Please change page no.2. from island origins to the orgins of the Kapu System.
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Manila Folder Collage on what you like about Hawaii. 8-10 pics at least. no bigger than 2 inches.
Study Hawaiian Islands.
Study Hawaiian Islands.