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Plantation Themed Lesson Plans

Diversity in Kō Varieties

Diversity in Kō Varieties

Diversity in Kō Varieties

Students will determine which kō variety will grow best at their schools’ select geographic location.


Time to Completion: 2 Class periods


Age: High School


Created by: Amanda Fancher, Honokaʻa High and Intermediate School


FREE LESSON KIT INCLUDES:

Kō: An Ethnobotanical Guide to Hawaiian Sugarcane by Noa Lincoln

Refining Sugarcane

Diversity in Kō Varieties

Diversity in Kō Varieties

Students will participate in a 2-3 day activity where they will problem solve and brainstorm to engineer creative solutions to solve how plantations were able to clean sugarcane for processing. 


Time to Completion: 2-3 days


Age: 3/4 Grade


Created by: Hōkūnani Sanchez, Kiva Elementary School (Pheonix, AZ)


FREE LESSON KIT INCLUDES:

3 bowls, 1 small bucket, kitchen scale, seeds

What’s in Your Lunch Box?

Diversity in Kō Varieties

What’s in Your Lunch Box?

 In this lesson the students will learn about this origin story, explore the situations that would have lead to this, and think about what their ideal plate lunch would consist of. 


Time to Completion: One 45 min lesson


Age: 4 - 8 Grade


Created by: Kari Lepouttre, Innovations Public Charter School


FREE LESSON KIT INCLUDES:

A class set of crayons

Newspapers & Insta Posts

Newspapers & Insta Posts

What’s in Your Lunch Box?

 By transforming historical newspaper articles into Instagram posts, students will engage with history in a creative and modern way, enhancing their understanding and retention of historical information while developing their summarizing and digital literacy skills.


Time to Completion: 2 class periods (45 minutes each)


Timeline: Two Days, lesson can be adjusted to any time frame as needed


Age: 3-5 Grade


Created by: Kassie Tarpley, Waimea Elementary School

Kō Memory Game

Newspapers & Insta Posts

A Day in the Life

Students will be able to identify and match different varieties of sugar cane (Kō) by name and appearance through a memory game. This activity will enhance their understanding of agricultural diversity and improve their memory and matching skills. 


Time to Completion: Varies depending on students/play time


Age: 2 Grade +


Created by: Kassie Tarpley, Waimea Elementary School


FREE LESSON KIT INCLUDES:

2 sets of custom cards

A Day in the Life

Newspapers & Insta Posts

A Day in the Life

 Students will watch an excerpt of an interview that covers the day in the life of a kid during the era of the sugar cane plantations. They will fill in a venn-diagram that organizes information as to whether the same information pertains to their childhood experience, or does not. Students will then fill in the remaining portion of their venn diagram based on their own life experience, and then reflect on the similarities and differences presented.


Time to Completion: Two Class Times, Extensions Available for Additional Classes


Age: 4 Grade +


Created by: Liana White, Innovations Public Charter School

How much sugar?

The Sugarcane Shuffle

Plantation Life RPG

 In this lesson students will research average sugar intake in America for an individual, us as a country and more locally on the Big Island. They will answer the questions: How much sugar do we consume daily? Yearly? Collectively on the Big Island? If we were producing this sugar on the island, how much land would be required? By answering these questions in order to quantify our sugar consumption students will develop a practical understanding of sugar and its place in our lives.


Time to Completion: One class period


Age: 1-4 Grade


Created by: Sean Lepouttre, Innovations Public Charter School

Plantation Life RPG

The Sugarcane Shuffle

Plantation Life RPG

Using dice mechanics from table role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons your students will simulate the unknown and risky decisions that immigrants had to face as they migrated and worked on the Hawaiʻi sugar Plantations. 

 

Time to Completion: 5, 50 min class periods


Age: Middle or High School


Created by: KaMele Kopplin 


FREE LESSON KIT INCLUDES:

3 sets of dice

Pau Hana, Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii by Ronald Takaki


The Sugarcane Shuffle

The Sugarcane Shuffle

The Sugarcane Shuffle

Using Solitaire as a base, we have designed these cards with planation themes so that as the suit decks are built the photos align loosely with the process of cultivating and creating sugar. 

 

Time to Completion: Depends how good you are at Solitaire 


Age: 4 Grade+


Created by: KaMele Kopplin 


FREE LESSON KIT INCLUDES:

2 custom Sugarcane Shuffle decks


Art Contest - Submissions Closed

Who: Any Student, K-12 on Hawaiʻi Island


What: A student art contest, to be displayed and voted on by attendees of the Hāmākua Fair on Oct 12th. Any medium is acceptable, but it must contain Sugar or Plantation themes. 


When: Submissions need to be submitted to the Honokaʻa Heritage Center by Oct 11th. 

Need some art ideas? Here you go!

Pop Art "Sugar" Words (ex: Warhol/C and H Boxes)

Inspired by pop art, students can create bold, colorful artwork focusing on the word "sugar" in different fonts and styles. They can explore typography and graphic design, creating artwork that celebrates the word itself while using eye-catching patterns and colors.


Plantation Worker Portrait Series

Students can create a series of portraits or figure drawings that represent the workers who were part of Hawaii's sugar plantations. They can focus on different cultural backgrounds and traditional clothing, showing the diversity of the workforce and the impact these workers had on the industry.


Sugar Cane “Advertisements”

Students can create posters that advertise Hawaiian sugar plantations or sugar products, drawing inspiration from vintage advertisements. They can research historical sugar packaging and advertising styles, then design their own posters using markers, colored pencils, or digital tools. The project could also focus on educational themes, like the process of sugar production or the history of the sugar industry in Hawaii.


Sugar Cane Mosaic Collage

Students can create a mosaic using cut-out paper, fabric, or natural materials to depict a sugar cane field. They can research the colors, textures, and landscapes of Hawaii’s sugar plantations and incorporate these elements into their artwork. Younger students can focus on basic shapes and colors, while older students can explore more intricate details, like plantation workers or machinery, highlighting the cultural and historical aspects of sugar cane in Hawaii.


Plantation Workers’ Shoes Sculpture

Students can create sculptures or drawings of shoes or footwear that might have been worn by plantation workers. They can embellish them with symbols or cultural details from different ethnic groups, exploring the daily life of workers through the lens of this simple but important item.


Design a Sugar Cane Label

Students can create their own vintage-style sugar packaging labels inspired by those used by Hawaiian sugar companies in the past. They can research the visual style of old labels and use colored pencils, markers, or graphic design programs to make their own unique designs.

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