JenniferGaliani,GianaDiRico,MaryclareBacha

SocialStudiesLessonPlan
Grade:6
Unit:Pu'uhonuaOHonaunau

CentralFocus:

Inthislesson,studentswillbeabletounderstandthemeaningbehindPu'uhonua
OHonaunauandhowitwasnotaplacemeantforpunishment,butrathertoseekforgiveness.
StudentswillalsocomposeonejournalentrypretendingtobeintheshoesofanHawaiian
lawbreaker.Theywillwriteabouttheeventsthattheyexperiencedduringtheirtimeat
PuuhonuaOHonaunau.

Objectives:

Thestudentswill:
1. Conduct
researchonPuuhonuaOHonaunauand
understand
thespiritualhistory
behindthislocation.
2. Identify
theimportanceofPuuhonuaOHonaunauinrelationtoHawaiianhistory.
3. Imagine
theyareaHawaiianlawbreakerand
compose
ajournalentrydescribingthe
sequentialeventsthathappenedtothemduringtheirtimeatPuuhonuaOHonaunau.

NewYorkStandards:

CommonCoreLearningStandardsEnglishLanguageArts
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RST.68.2
Determinethecentralideasorconclusionsofatextprovideanaccuratesummaryofthetext
distinctfrompriorknowledgeoropinions.

NewYorkStateSocialStudiesFramework
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RH.68.5
Describehowatextpresentsinformation(e.g.,sequentially,comparatively,causally).

LearningStyles:
Interpersonal
:Whenwritingtheirjournalentries,studentswillhavetoplacethemselvesinthe
shoesofaHawaiianlawbreakerandseelifefromtheirpointofview.
Visual
:StudentswillvisitPuuhonuaOHonaunaubeabletoconnecttheirpriorknowledgeto
thenewplacestheyareactuallyseeing.
Verbal
:Studentswillwriteajournalentry,usingwordstodescribetheirexperiencesat
PuuhonuaOHonaunau.

Materials:
Computer(toconductresearch)
GraphicorganizerforFieldtrip
Journalhandout
Youtubeclip
KWHLchart

TeacherResources:
YouTubeclip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQnb8fj6Qg

MulticulturalComponents:
StudentswillputthemselvesintheshoesofaHawaiianlawbreakerandunderstandwhatthey
wentthroughduringtheirtimeatPuuhonuaOHonaunau.Theywillbeabletounderstandwhat
lifewaslikeduringthattimeperiodandbeabletocompareittotimestoday.Wewillreview
culturalvocabularywiththestudentsandstudentswillunderstandtheimportanceofthissacred
site.

Motivation:
Tomotivateourstudents,wewillstartourlessonbyshowingtheclassaYouTubeclipof
PuuhonuaOHonaunau.Thiswillgivestudentsasneakpeekatwhatwearegoingtobelearning
throughoutthenextfewdays.
*YouTubeclip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQnb8fj6Qg

Procedure:
AcademicVocabulary:

Kapu
Puuhonua
HaleoKeaweHeiau
Heiau
Ahupuaa
KahunaPule

BeforeLearning/MiniLesson
ShowstudentsaYouTubeclipon
PuuhonuaOHonaunautogainstudentsinterests.
MakeaKWHLchartontheboardtoseewhatstudentsalreadyknowaboutthenational
park
Explaintostudentstheirassignmentandsuggesttothemwhataspectstheymightwantto
beawareofbeforetheygoontheirfieldtrip(ex.Howlawbreakerstypicallygottothe

site,whatitlookedlike,thesize,ceremoniesoftenperformedthere,whatlawbreakers
typicallydidduringtheirtimethere,etc.)

DuringLearning/GuidedIndependentPractice
HavestudentsconductbasicresearchonPuuhonuaOHonaunausotheycanfamiliarize
themselveswiththesite
TakeaclassfieldtriptoPuuhonuaOHonaunau.Here,studentswilltakeawalkingtour
oftheparkandfilloutagraphicorganizerwheretheycansorttheirthoughtsandideas
(seeattached).
Whentheyreturnfromtheirfieldtrip,studentswillwriteatwopagejournalentry,
pretendingtheywereaHawaiianlawbreakergoingtoPuuhonuaOHonaunautoseek
forgiveness.Studentsaretodescribe(insequence)whatatypicallylawbreakerwould
experiencewhenatPuuhonuaOHonaunau,startingwithhowtheygotthereandending
withwhenandhowtheyleft.

AfterLearning/WrapUp
StudentswillparticipateinAuthor'sChair,whereeachstudentwillhavethechanceto
sharetheirjournalentrywiththeclass
Studentsjournalentrieswillbepostedonabulletinboardafterthelessontosharewith
otherclassestheworktheyhavedone.

Whatistheteacherdoing?
Whenstudentsareconductingresearchpriortothefieldtrip,theteacherwillbewalkingaround
theroomandmonitoringstudents,ensuringtheyarecollectingvalidinformation.Whenat
PuuhonuaOHonaunau,theteacherwillberesponsibleforthesafetyandsecurityoftheentire
class.Lastly,whenstudentsarewritingtheirjournalentries,theteacherwillagainbewalking
aroundtheroommonitoringstudentswork.

Differentiation:
Studentswithphysicalimpairmentswillbeallowedtotypetheirjournalentriesonacomputer,
ratherthanhandwritingthem.Additionally,theteacherwillreadaloudalldirectionsto
accommodatestudentswithvisualimpairments.

Summary:
AfterengagingstudentsthroughashortvideoclipandcompletingaKWHLchart,studentswill
conductresearchonPuuhonuaOHonaunauandparticipateinawalkingtouratthesite.After
theirtriptothenationalpark,studentswillwritejournalentriespretendingtobeintheshoesofa
Hawaiianlawbreaker.TheyaretowriteaboutwhatlifeislikeatPuuhonuaOHonaunauandto
describesomeoftheirexperiences.

Assessment:
Formative/InformalAssessments
InformaldiscussionduringthetouratPuuhonuaOHonaunau
KWHLchart
Summative/FormalAssessments
Theteacherwillcollectandrevieweachstudentsjournalentry.

Extension:
DuringtheirtimeatPuuhonuaOHonaunau,Hawaiianlawbreakerswouldtypicallyplay
games(suchasKonane).Studentswillworkingroupstoresearchagame,createit,and
playitwiththeclass.

GraphicOrganizer: