Social Studies standards for Grade 4 students are centered around Hawaiian History. Students spend the year learning and connecting with their ʻāina (land) and deepening their cultural experience through field trip visits. . Field trips were put on halt as schools transitioned into online learning. In response to COVID 19 school closures, teachers had to seek new ways to create learning opportunities with their students through online learning. This was very challenging as there are very limited resources currently available on Hawaiian culture based content. There is a need to increase access to these types of resources for students in Hawai’i.
Life in Early Hawaii is a 1-credit online course designed to provide students with a resource to learn more about Hawaiian history. . The purpose is to educate students about how the islands they lived in were formed and the legends connected to it, migration and voyaging, and early life in Hawaii. This session will discuss the design and development of the course covering details such as learning objectives, technology and activities, and the overall development process used to create this online course.
Sasha Mohd Sivan