December 12, 2012 |
By Wendy Roylo Hee
There is a wonderful resource on the Internet for Hawaiian students, teachers and anybody interested in Hawaiian language and/or the culture. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, is a wealth of information. It is a free resource for access to Hawaiian knowledge, presented and maintained as a community service by Kahaka ‘Ula O Ke’elikolani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawa’i-Hilo. Besides the exetensive library of books that are accessible at Ulukau, the website also contains a valuable “Special Features” section. My daughter uses the Hawaiian dictonary in that section to look up Hawaiian words. My son uses the “Island Music Source Book” under the MELE Project of that section to find Hawaiian songs.
An underappreciated treasure in that section of the Ulukau site is “Hawaiian Curriculum Materials.” Here, educators can dowload teachers’ guides and other materials, such as student workbooks and even standards-based unit plans. Subjects that are covered in the 27 curricula entered here run the gamut from biology to voyages and travels. All of them are Hawaiian-focused and introduced Hawaiian words; one is entirely in Hawaiian. They are written for various grade levels from preschool to 12th grade.
The information is accessible in four ways. One can search by word. For example, if interested in sharks, a search by that word uncovered 18 curricula that mention sharks somewhere in their materials. The curricula can also be accessed by title, author or subject matter.
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Support from others, including Alu Like Inc. and the copyright holders of these curricula, helped make this project possible. The curriculum materials on the Ulukau site is a terrific example of federal, state and private resources leveraged to create a valuable educational asset for the benefit of all in our community. Questions about this electronic library or requests for someone to present the library to you or your group can be sent to ulukau@hawaii.edu.
Wendy Roylo Hee is executive director of the Native Hawaiian Education Council.
This article was published in the Kekemapa 2012 issue of Ka Wai Ola.