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Various Industries to Help Hawaii's Economy
Part 1 - Cy Ohta
Part 2 - Raylene Peters
Part 3 - Kapua Akiu
9 - 11 Grade
May 1999

Purpose:

Hawaii as an island has a very limited amount of natural resources. How did Hawaii in the past survive in terms of a sustainable economy? What types of industries did Hawaii have before tourism became the driving force behind our economy? Also, with tourism numbers on the decline, what are we going to do in the future to ensure that Hawaii will continue to be a place where the quality of life is high? The purpose of the lesson is to have the students look at different industries which affected Hawaii's economy in the past. The students will then propose an industry which they feel can help Hawaii to improve its economy i the future.

Objective:

Students will be able to identify various industries in Hawaii and where those products/services are exported to.
Students will create a timeline which highlights important dates and events of those different industries
Students will identify on a map places where Hawaii exported their goods to in the past

Hawaii Content Performance Standards:

Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of travel and tourism in Hawaii.
Describe the role that supply and demand, prices, incentives, and profits play in determining what is produced in shaping Hawaii's economic development.

Geographic Standards:

#11 - Human Systems - The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earth's surface
How places of various size function as centers of economic activity
#17 - How to apply Geography to interpret the past
How geographic contexts have influenced events and conditions in the past

Geographic Skills:

Identify locations and acquire information from maps
Ability to prepare maps and make an oral presentation
Ability to make inferences on information presented on maps

Geographic Themes:

Relationships Within Places: Humans & Environments
- Distribution of resources varies from place to place
Movement: Humans Interacting on Earth

Lesson Can Be Used With a Unit On:

Looking at the role supply and demand plays in determining what to produce
Looking at different cultures and how they came and affected Hawaii's economy and ethnic backgrounds

Materials Needed:

History of Hawaii Text
Chart Paper
Colored Markers
Maps of the World
Atlases
Access to Internet and other sources to find information about different industries

Procedure:

Introduce the lesson by having the students write down their opinions on the following 2 topics: What Hawaii's most productive industries were in the past and present; What they feel could be an industry Hawaii could look into as a new way of diversifying our economy.
Have a general discussion about what they wrote.
In the discussion, hint to students that it is important to look in the past and use what we know to help improve the future.
Pass out assignment and go over with the students what they need to accomplish.
Students will look at various industries which affected Hawaii's economy in the past, and where Hawaii exported those products to.
Students will create a timeline highlighting important dates and events. They will also use an atlas to show on a map where Hawaii exported those products to. (This also shows them where Hawaii is in terms of being the bridge between Asia and the Americas)
Give students time to work on their assignments.

The Future of Hawaii's Economy (assignment) & Economy Proposal Timeline

Assessment Strategies:

Use the timelines to see if all group members contributed (each group member took 1 or 2 industries)
Have students explain why those dates and events were important
Have students go more in-depth, and maybe even add more dates and events which they felt were important

Evaluation:

Check to see if all dates and events are on the timeline
After producing map, students can be quizzed on locations of different places which affected Hawaii in the past

Extensions:

One assignment which can be used in the same format is having students look at the different ethnicities that immigrated to Hawaii during the plantation days, and have them do the same sort of assignment except instead of industries, look at the people who came to Hawaii.

References:

History of Hawaii Text
"Price of Paradise" Volumes I & II