The
Hawaii Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Hawaii. We have created a
FREE Online Teacher’s Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This
FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click
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FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.
The Hawaii Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
• Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast
• Order of Events
• And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20
Hawaii Primary Sources are:
• Portrait of Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance Holland – 1775
• Painting of King Kalaniopuu greeting Captain Cook in 1781 – painted by John Webber, artist aboard Cook’s ship – 1783
• Portrait of King Kamehameha I– circa 1820
• Engraving of Christian missionary to Hawaii preaching in a kukui grove – 1841• Painting entitled View of the Honolulu Fort by Paul Emmert – 1853
• Lithograph showing view of Honolulu from the harbor – 1854
• Photograph of Provisional Government Cabinet including Sanford Dole (behind desk) – 1893
• Photograph of Chinese immigrant family in Honolulu – 1893
• Advertisement by Castle & Cooke Importers for a new knife to cut sugar cane – 1897
• Photograph showing American flag being raised during annexation ceremony at Iolani Palace – 1898
• Photograph of Japanese immigrant store in Honolulu – circa 1900
• Copy of resolution of the Territory of Hawaii petitioning Congress to admit Hawaii as a state – 1903
• Map of Hawaii – 1912
• Photograph of workers loading sugar cane on carts in Hawaii – 1917
• Photograph of Queen Liliuokalani – circa 1900
• Copy of U.S. Navy dispatch announcing the attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941
• Copy of WWII war poster regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor – 1941
• Photograph of King David Kalakaua – last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawai’i - circa 1874
• Political cartoon showing Uncle Sam in a classroom lecturing four students labeled as Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Cuba – 1899
• Population density map of Hawaii – 2010
Your students will:
• think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
• participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations.
• integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
• experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.