FINAL GROUP REFLECTION
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Saraya: As a Pua a Pauahi and future graduate of Kamehameha Schools, something I have learned about my own role in my community that I come from is that people help others. We are able to talk to one another and work together for the betterment of our community. Given what I have learned in World History and about the history of our Indigeous communities, I can best utilize the opportunities and gift of education as a Kamehameha student to use things such as the UN Sustainability Goals to advocate for my community and people. For example, our Kahiau Project. We based our project on the Sustainability Goals and it made our project stronger and better because we were able to focus on what we wanted to do. My team works really well together to get the job done and I think that reflects on the work we do for our project. I want to use the hard work my group does and make sure it reflects into my work for my community.
Akana, H. (2021). Part2-Power of One.webm. Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E_dv1Ti0lCH8PPW40lD68OeYMkq8nTm6/view. Akana, H. (n.d.). Part1 - Power of One.webm. Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDNGE2-xV0hw5GTaHan3K1Ub5EQPfkjb/view. |
Being a student here taught me one thing, and that thing was to utilize your abilities you learn here and use it to change the world. With the gifts that I have received while being on the hill, it is my job to carry them out to the community. I have the opportunity to go to this huge school with so many resources that it is a given that I share out to the community whether it be my knowledge or skills. As a student here on the hill, we learn so much about where we come from and who our ancestors want us to be and as we are entering these rough days, I would like to incorporate out Kahiau Project, Mental Health, and help those in need in our community. I want to use the resources we have on the hill to help those in my community to receive the help they need. Another thing that the hill provides for us is so much knowledge coming from intelligent people. As much as I can, I would like to share that with the people in my community.
Akana, H. (2021). Part2-Power of One.webm. Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E_dv1Ti0lCH8PPW40lD68OeYMkq8nTm6/view. Akana, H. (n.d.). Part1 - Power of One.webm. Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDNGE2-xV0hw5GTaHan3K1Ub5EQPfkjb/view. |
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Competition for Resources in a Global Society
Even though the many wars claimed to “end all wars,” in reality, it caused more reasoning to bring more wars which is exactly what happened and that gave us WWII. World War I brought sadness to the world. Many lives were taken and lots of darkness hovered the land. Due to this sad time, lots of effort was ut to bring peace back into the world. They came together and designed a peace treaty which is the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 which, at the time, solved the many conflicts that took place. However, it put harsh rules on Germany that harmed Europe and that gives us WWII. Although the effort was there to bring peace to all mankind and to fix the damage that WWI had brought to the people, it really just set the foundation for an even more impactful war to come.
Works Cited:
Carlson, D. (2018, February 26). Remembering Veterans Day with WWI trench poetry. Britannica. https://britannicalearn.com/blog/veterans-day-activity-trench-poetry/
History.com Editors. (2020, November 10). Armistice Day: World War I ends. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends
Works Cited:
Carlson, D. (2018, February 26). Remembering Veterans Day with WWI trench poetry. Britannica. https://britannicalearn.com/blog/veterans-day-activity-trench-poetry/
History.com Editors. (2020, November 10). Armistice Day: World War I ends. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends
The events which occurred by us humans during the Agricultural/Scientific/Industrial Revolutions were not all the best events. There were plenty of situations where we humans almost eliminated ourselves with our actions. These actions impacted our Kahiau project because it shows us that even though we went through times or struggle it also showed us that we were able to overcome these tough times. This relates to my group's project because we are trying to help out the kūpuna in care homes due to Covid. And we know that we have overcome obstacles multiple times and that we need to overcome Covid to keep everyone safe and secure. Work cited : Effects of Agriculture on the Industrial Revolution – Foundations of Western Culture: (n.d.). Effects of Agriculture on the Industrial Revolution. http://foundations.uwgb.org/agriculture/ Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). USDA. (n.d.). https://www.usda.gov/coronavirus. |
A lesson we can take away from ww1 and 2 is that it caused a lot of unnecessary deaths, from soldiers to civilians. Some deaths from notable events were the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Holocaust, the Nanking Massacre, and the deaths caused by the warfare itself. In some of these instances, like the major bombings, innocent people were put in the crossfires of war, and others were brutally tortured for hours on end, like Nanking and the Holocaust, and many war crimes happened in these instances. Another lesson we can take away is that war is started from a lack of resources. In both ww1 and ww2, they were started by countries that needed resources to sustain their people. In ww1, France started as an after-effect of the French Revolution, and ww2 was started by Germany as an after-effect of ww1. One final takeaway is that war is expensive. From all the guns and vehicles needed to be constructed to the bombs being made, to the gas needed to fuel the vehicles, war is a very expensive ordeal. These lessons can impact us locally because, with covid, our resources can dwindle, and having no resources can be a cause for war. Furthermore, if we did get into a war, we probably wouldn’t be able to fight long, due to all the money going into different places, such as the rail. A solution to fix this in Hawai’i would be to be more self-sustainable, and not throw money at random stuff that won’t get completed into the near future.
works cited: “FL Summer 2020 (8) - WW2 & The Great Depression - Google Slides.webm.” Google Drive, Google, drive.google.com/file/d/1Fql8BoZcEW9Wv1XBqfYDCrvDJmCCnseY/view. Google. (n.d.). World War I. Google. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history. |
From Evolution to Revolution
It is very important to understand the shift from the native skill set of being “hunter/gatherer and farming our own food because it shows the evolution of our people and how the world changed over time. This understanding is very important because it can bring more balance in our lives and can create better habits to benefit our future. Once we understand where we came from and how we used to live, we can use the sustainable efforts and incorporate them into our everyday lives. For example, maintaining balance. Once we learn how to maintain balance in our lives like how our ancestors did we can live a bright future as we know how to balance different areas in our lives such as school, sports, and family.
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An example of a hunter-gatherer society is Hawai’i. Native Hawaiians used to hunt animals such a pig, and also went fishing for fish. They also grew their own food, like kalo and pineapples. Now, in modern times, Hawai’i can still grow their own food. An example of this is Ma’o Organic Farms, as well as the kalo plantation that Kamehameha Schools has. But, Hawai’i also imports a large amount of food, mostly from the continental United States. The pros of importing food is that we can get access to foods that we can’t access here in Hawai’i, such as sweet potatoes and coconuts. But, the cons of importing a ton of food means that the food can get lost at sea if a disaster occurs, and importing so much stuff can be pricy, especially on the gas it takes to import things. Overall, Hawai’i relying on expensive imports to feed the people is a costly negative.
Our Kahiau topic is about the well being of the human race. There are many ways to describe well being. Such as physical, spiritual, financial, and social health. However, we are focusing on the mental health of people today. With everything that has happened this and last year, we need to check in and make sure our heads are screwed straight. We think the opposing idea of “native traditions of foraging/hunter-gathering” impacts our Kahiau topic because we think it is important to relate it to what is happening right now. Foraging/hunter-gathering was not successful because they would continuously hunt and not save things for later. We can relate that to right now because there is a shortage of resources that we need. It might be different things, but there is definitely a similarity to the idea of having a shortage of resources. Another opposing idea that impacts our Kahiau Project is the “modern Agricultural societies.” We think that this is another thing to mention because that is another way to compare and contrast what we value today. Comparing things such as these ideas help us to analyze what people did right or wrong in the past, and how we can learn from their mistakes. This Covid pandemic is a new beginning for all of us and comparing it to this that has happened in the past might help us get through it.
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Woody, T. (2015, June 29). Food Independence Could Be a Matter of Survival for the U.S.' Most Isolated State. Retrieved April 7, 2021, from http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/06/29/hawaii-local-food
Vukovich, K. (2017, July 6). Can Taro Farming Heal Hawaii? Retrieved April 7, 2021, from https://civileats.com/2017/07/06/can-taro-farming-heal-hawaii/
On taro production and community building at Hawai‘i’s Kānewai. (n.d.). [Photograph]. https://foodanthro.com/2018/08/19/stepping-into-the-loi-on-taro-production-and-community-building-at-hawaiis-kanewai/
Employee Well-Being. (n.d.). [Photograph]. University Of Wisconsin System. https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/well-being/
Vukovich, K. (2017, July 6). Can Taro Farming Heal Hawaii? Retrieved April 7, 2021, from https://civileats.com/2017/07/06/can-taro-farming-heal-hawaii/
On taro production and community building at Hawai‘i’s Kānewai. (n.d.). [Photograph]. https://foodanthro.com/2018/08/19/stepping-into-the-loi-on-taro-production-and-community-building-at-hawaiis-kanewai/
Employee Well-Being. (n.d.). [Photograph]. University Of Wisconsin System. https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/well-being/