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The Strategy in Action
The following classroom video segments illustrate Hawaiian place-based teaching strategies. View the video segment, then answer the questions that follow.
Mahina Ross's Classroom
In this video segment, Mahina Hou Ross and his students at Molokaʻi High School explore the controversy over whether to develop or preserve Hawaiian land, studying the economic and cultural impact of development over time.
After you watch the video, discuss these questions with colleagues or reflect on them in your journal:
- In what ways does Mr. Ross connecting to what the students already know about Rock Point in terms of culture, history, and science?
- How does he tie in current issues of land development to the students' sense of mālama?
