Mililani Middle School
Social Studies
Course Syllabus 2
Mrs.
email:@k12.hi.us
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Course Description:
This course engages students in historical inquiry focusing on the people, ideas and events that have shaped and continue to shape Hawaii. The first semester engages students in deep historical thinking about the evolution of the historic, economic, political, and social/cultural institutions of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The second semester engages students in historical thinking about contemporary issues faced by Hawaii and the nations and territories of the Pacific. You will receive a half credit for each semester you complete successfully.
Quarter 1: Unification and the Impact of Foreigners
Unit 1_1: Unification of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Content Standard SS.7HHK.1.18.2 - Compare and contrast Hawaiian and Western perspectives on the arrival of James Cook in Hawaiʻi
Content Standard SS.7HHK.1.17.1 - Analyze the role of individuals, events, and ideas leading to the unification of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Content Standard SS.HHK.1.6.3 - Assess the changes initiated by Kamehameha I on Hawaiian society after unification
Unit 1_2: The Developing Hawaiian Kingdom
Content Standard SS.7HHK.2.17.1 - Assess the impact of the abolishment of the kapu system
Content Standard SS.7HHK.2.17.2 - Assess the social and cultural changes resulting from missionary influence in Hawaiian society
Content Standard SS.7HHK.2.9.3 - Analyze how the sandalwood and whaling industries impacted Hawai’i’s economy
Content Standard SS.7HHK.2.14.4 - Explain the social and environmental changes resulting from foreign influence
Quarter 2: The Hawaiian Kingdom
Unit 2_1: The Late Hawaiian Kingdom
Content Standard SS.7HHK.3.8.2 - Explain the processes, ideas, and people’s roles involved in the transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy
Content Standard SS.7HHK.3.11.3 - Evaluate the impact of changing land tenure on Hawaiians
Content Standard SS.7HHK.3.15.1 - Analyze the causes and impacts of immigration of various ethnic groups for plantation labor
Unit 2_2: Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Content Standard SS.7HHK.4.12.1 - Evaluate the political and economic developments leading to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Content Standard SS.7HHK.4.18.2 - Compare and contrast perspectives of proponents and opponents of the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Quarter 3: Early Pacific People
Unit 3_1: Geography: Settlement and Island
Content Standard SS.7PI.3.13.1 - Use geographic representations to explain the relationships between the origins, settlement, and languages of Pacific people
Content Standard SS.7PI.1.14.2 - Explain how early Pacific People adapted to and modified environments on low and high islands
Unit 3_2: Social Organization and Cultural Expression
Content Standard SS.7PI.1.8.3 - Explain how power and authority are represented in cultural expressions of the early Pacific people
Unit 3_3: Foreign Exchanges
Content Standard SS.7PI.2.10.1 - Describe early encounters between Pacific Islanders and foreigners
Content Standard SS.7PI.2.19.2 - Explain how political and economic needs of foreigners changed Pacific Island societies
Quarter 4: Pacific Island Issues and Relationships
Unit 4_1: Colonization through WWII
Content Standard SS.7PI.2.12.3 - Evaluate how Pacific Islander participation in global economies changed during the colonial era through World War II
Unit 4_2: Marshall Islands
Content Standard SS.7PI.3.14.1 - Explain the social, environmental, and economic impacts of nuclear testing and militarization on Pacific Islander peoples and island environments
Content Standard SS.7PI.2.7.4 - Analyze the interests and obligations of colonial powers in Pacific Islands nations and entities (ex. groups/companies) since World War II
Unit 4_3: Contemporary Migration
Content Standard SS.7PI.3.17.2 - Analyze the reasons for contemporary migration of Pacific Islander populations
Unit 4_4: Current Issues in the Pacific
Content Standard SS.7PI.3.8.3 Propose a research-based policy solution to a problem facing a Pacific Island nation
Grades:
Students are evaluated based on the following:
Standardized Summative Assessments -department wide assessment to show mastery of the standard. (cannot be retaken)
Standardized Formative Assessments -assignments that include classwork, online work quizzes, ect. These assignments help you to build the skills needed to meet the standards as assessed by the summatives. Answers will be given the day after the assignment is due. (credit/ no credit)
A Exceeds Proficiency
B Meets Proficiency, All Standards
C Meets Proficiency, Majority of Standards
D Approaches Proficiency
F Well Below