Students explore Hawaiian plants. For this Hawaii culture and botany lesson, students plant the haha(stem) of a taro plant. Students listen to Hawaiian myths about the taro plant and chorally speak a Hawaiian chant of protection....

Students locate taro growing areas on a map and how it got there, explain intercultural contact and how taro has been adapted in Hawaii and trace human/taro migration to Hawaii.

Use this lesson plan to learn more about the Hawaiian economics system. Learn how they developed and used this specialized type of money system. "In this lesson plan, you will learn how specialization and division of labor increased...