Daily Lessons for Teaching Hawaii

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Chapter 1, From the Boundless Deep Distance and depth are two essential elements concerning the island of Hawaii's formation and location, but the measurements involved are so vast that students may have trouble grasping them intuitively. The objective of this lesson is to provide an orientation to help students better comprehend and appreciate the setting of this epic novel.

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