Ke Kaulike He Ha’awina Kīwila
Lesson #1: Layers of Culture
LESSON PURPOSE
Understanding culture and the various layers or groupings that can describe this concept may help students discover how each and every one of them, with their individual and diverse home cultures, impact where we live. Especially important is for students to know the strengths, beauty, and gifts of the indigenous people of Hawai‘i, appreciating all that Hawaiian culture has to offer.
The traditional historical concept of the ahupua‘a (traditional native Hawaiian land division stretching from the high mountain watershed downward to the shoreline and out to the deep sea beyond the reef) provided not only a philosophical basis for managing and sustaining
…show more content…
LA.11.5.1 Develop ideas and details in writing to address a specific purpose and audience
Social Studies, MHH
Cultural Anthropology Standard 6: Cultural Anthropology: SYSTEMS, DYNAMICS, AND INQUIRY-Understand culture as a system of beliefs, knowledge, and practices shared by a group and understand how cultural systems change over time
Sociology
Standard 2: Develop an understanding of culture as it affects individuals and groups SS.SOC.2.2 Describe how cultural diversity occurs and the impact on a host culture
NATIVE HAWAIIAN GUIDELINES
‘Ike Mauli Lāhui (Cultural Identity Pathway) - We envision generations who walk into the future with confidence in their cultural identity and a commitment of service to akua, ‘āina, and each other: Perpetuating Native Hawaiian cultural identity through practices that strengthen knowledge of language, culture and genealogical connections to akua, ‘āina and kanaka.
‘Ike Pilina (Relationship Pathway) - We envision generations that have respectful, responsible, and strong relationships in service to akua, āina, and each other: Nurturing
preparing teachers with the skills and knowledge required to develop supportive and meaningful relationships with Indigenous students;
Use this section to provide your reader with brief information on the three concepts you selected (no need to explain the concepts in their entirety), why you selected these particular concepts, background information about the culture with which you identify, information about your interviewees and the culture with which they identify and anything that serves as introduction. This section should be detailed and brief about ½ to ¾ of a full page.
The Native Hawaiians provided leadership and guidance from their ancestors to be passed down from generation to generation to lead a legacy of their Hawaiian culture. The Ahupua’a system, for example, Hawai’i relies all of their resources within this system for survival. Hawai’i enjoys the quality of their work within their natural environment and will continue to share their resources to younger
Culture is a large part of every person’s life, it is what makes each person unique. Within culture there are many aspects such as food, music, clothing, tradition, and many more. Since culture makes up such a large part of our day to day lives, it is almost always responsible shaping and informing our view on the world.
Culture plays a significant role in defining our identity and worldview. For newcomers, culture is the primary frame that shapes their interaction with other newcomers and with established residents in their new community. This interaction can occur anywhere and
All it addresses is that there is going to be a group of people discussing about reorganizing the government. When Queen Liliuokalani, their government, was overthrown in 1893 by the Committee of safety and U.S troops, they didn’t have a government after that so the Akaka Bill was there to help them reorganize that government. But since the western Indians were here in the United States before the Americans they called each other the Native Americans. In the bill it starts talking about how Native Hawaiians are still considered the same as Native Americans. But the Hawaiians disagree because they originated in Hawaii not United
For the most part, culture is the shared of basic expectations learned by a group as it find possible alternatives or ways to solve its problems. On the contrary, diversity as stated in the textbook, is the different values and cultures among members, and is more than simply an understanding of black versus white. For instance, culture could by identify through artifacts which include visible signs on the wall, how people display emotions, and the ways people address one another. Although, diversity are differences among people that could impact a work environment due to a social identity. For example, there is an increasing number of women and people of color in the workforce.
And even though they only had their talents and will-power on their side, the Hawaiians still managed to maintain their power and reign over the po’ina nalu. “The po‘ina nalu was (and is) a significant space where Native Hawaiian identities have surged. In the nineteenth century the ocean was a place Europeans and Americans could not colonize with fences and deeds, and a domain in which Hawaiians were seen as masters. During a time when many Hawaiian practices were dismantled, he‘e nalu survived, and the surf zone remained a safe place for Hawaiians. But in the early 1900s it became a contested domain, a place where colonial men challenged Native respite and Native surfers vehemently fought haole over waves, women, and beach properties.” (Walker,
There’s a difference in knowing your culture and living your culture. The difference of it is living your culture is to know your identity and just knowing the culture isn’t enough. A very important way to live your culture is through language. Without language many of us would lose who we are and where we came from.With the help of a video called “ ‘E Ola Ka Olelo Hawai’i, ” made me understand more how important language is to one’s culture. And by learning your own or even someone else’s culture you better understand them or yourself.
ensure that the program interconnects the richness of indigenous and the outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework. focusing on relationship with family community and nature helps children to be connected with and to contribute to their world.
In 1898, the US congressional resolution seized two million acres of land belonging to the people of Hawaii without any regard to the consent or any form of compensation to the traditional people of Hawaii islands (LaDuke 1999,
Each island is called a mokupuni. Ahupua’a is about a land division. In ancient Hawaiians had the concept of property. But they didn’t follow a complex system of land division. An ahupua’a is a section of land.
Culture is the totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior. It includes ideas, values, and artifacts of groups of people (Schaefer, 2006). Understanding culture can be tricky, ever ask “why do people act the way they do?”, “what made me do that”, “what was I thinking?” Physical abilities, educational background, and social background of how I was raised are important aspects of my life. The environment in which I was raised is very important aspect of my life.
“The Aloha State” became the 50th state in 1959, but the history of Hawaii goes back centuries earlier. Roughly 1,500 years ago, Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands first set foot on Hawaii Island. With only the stars to guide them, they miraculously sailed over 2000 miles in canoes to migrate to the Islands. 500 years later, settlers from Tahiti arrived, bringing their beliefs in gods and demi-gods and instituting a strict social hierarchy based on a kapu (taboo) system. Hawaiian culture flourished over the centuries, giving rise to the art of the hula and the sport of surfing, but land division conflicts between ruling chieftains were common. In 1778, Captain James Cook, landed on Kauai at Waimea Bay. Naming the archipelago the "Sandwich
To sum up the points, it can be perceived that in order to understand the concept of personal cultural diversity, the different aspects of one’s lifestyle must be examined and determined in order to point out individual differences in a particular group or society. This is because each individual has different genetic make-up,