Curriculum

1. Define Kupuna. Kupuna means grandparent, ancestor, relative or close friend of the grandparent’s generation. Also means Starting point, source, and traditional.

2. Visit the Resources, People section of this website to see community members whose work in education supports kalo. While past generations of Hawaiians deserve respect as farmers and teachers, this website's Resource section names persons of Russian, Japanese, Jewish, Chinese, German, Portuguese, Filipino and American ethnicity who also deserve credit for perpetuating our food resources and culture.

3. Define Genealogy. Genealogy is a record of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor.

Have students chart their family tree is a way that traces their own ancestor’s journey to Hawaii. This exercise is for all ethnicities.

Have students bring a story about the kinds of foods their kupuna may have eaten in the past when they were the student's age.

Nā ‘Aumākua mai ka lā hiki a ka lā kau

Mai ka ho‘oku‘i a ka hālāwai

Nā ‘aumākua iā Kahinakua iā Kahina ‘alo

Iā ka‘a ‘ākau i ka lani

‘O kīhā i ka lani

Ōwē i ka lani

Nūnulu i ka lani

Kāholo i ka lani

Eia nā pulapula a ‘oukou

‘o nā mamo a Hāloa

E mālama ‘oukou iā mākou

E ulu i ka lani

E ulu i ka honua

E ulu i ka pae ‘āina o Hawai‘i

E hō mai i ka ‘ike

E hō mai i ka ikaika

E hō mai i ke akami

E hō mai i ka maopopo pono

E hō mai i ka ‘ike papalua

E hōmai i ka mana

‘Āmama, ua noa.