Do Now:

As we watch the video,

answer the following in your
Week 1 packet!

Identify THREE unique perspectives of

the historical time period. Describe how
each person would have viewed the
same time period differently.

Possible Perspectives:
● Slave
● Slave Trader
● Plantation Owner
Unit 4, Captain Cook:
Cook’s Arrival

Thursday, October 20th

 Learning Objective:
I can describe how Cook’s arrival in Hawai`i
could have been perceived by both parties.
(Dimension 3)
 1. We will read “Cook

Cook Discovers
Discovers Hawai`i” as a
class.

Hawai`i
2. Follow along and
annotate.
3. Answer the 3 questions
that follow in your
packet using complete
sentences.
 Using the article we just

Multiple
read as a class, respond
to the questions on the
“Multiple Perspectives”

Perspectives activity in your packet.

Use CER format for the
questions that tell you to
Questions & CER do so (2 & 4). Please
refer to the CER rubric at
the back of your packet.
CER Rubric
Do Now
Read the short article on the American Revolution in your
packets and use context from the reading to figure out
the answers to the questions that follow. Answer using
COMPLETE sentences!
Unit 4, Captain Cook:
Cook’s End

Friday, October 21st

 Learning Objective:
I can describe Captain Cook’s end at Kealakekua
Bay. (Dimension 3)
Cook Winters at
1. We will read “Cook
Winters at Kealakekua

Kealakekua Bay
Bay” as a class.
2. Follow along, annotate
and take any necessary
notes in the box below
the article.
 Answer the following questions as a
letter to the King in CER format (please
see rubric in the back of your packet).
Your evidence should come from the

Multiple
article we just read or any other source
we have covered so far this week.
Remember that you are writing from the

Perspectives perspective of Captain James Hook for

#1 and from the perspective of a
Hawaiian Priest in #2.
Letter to the King in CER
1. How are you being received by
format the Hawaiians and why?
(Perspective: Captain James
Cook)
2. How are you treating this
strange, pale man? Why?
(Perspective: Hawaiian Priest)
Week 2
Do Now
r fo r t he mult ip le c ho ic e
he s in gle b e st a n s w e
Select t k e t .
ques t ion s in y o u r p a c
Unit 4, Captain Cook:
Cook’s Death

Monday, October 24th

 Learning Objective:
I can describe Cook’s arrival and death.
(Dimension 2 & 3)
Read “Cook’s
1. We will read “Cook’s
Death” as a class
2. Annotate the text

Death” 3. Answer the 3 questions

that follow using
complete sentences
 Single
Perspective
Captain Cook is dead! Judges summon
both Hawaiians and English Sailors
to court to determine who is at
fault. You have been chosen to
represent one side of the case.
Choose to represent either the
Hawaiians or the English Sailors,
and draft your opening statement.
Opening statements are the speeches
lawyers give at the beginning of a
trial.
1. Choose a side.
2. Introduce yourself to
the jury and summarize
the events of the day
accurately and with
flare.
3. Acknowledge the
potential arguments of
the opposing side.
4. Make an argument for
why your client is
innocent or why the
other side is guilty
using CER format.
Do Now
in y o ur pa c k e t a bo u t t h e
en t ly re a d t he ex c e r p t
Sil
death of Captain Cook.
Unit 4, Captain Cook:
Cook’s Death Comic

Tuesday, October 25th

 Learning Objective:
I can express my knowledge of the events that
led up to Captain Cook’s death through a comic.
(Dimension 3)
 Your role is to place
yourself in the shoes of
Native Hawaiians during
the time of Captain Cook’s
death. From an indigenous
perspective, draw a comic

Cook’s Death:
of the events that led up
to Captain Cook’s death.

Comic
Please reference all
readings that we have
covered so far as well as
any notes you have taken.
You have all period to do You have space to create

this. Use your time wisely!

your comic on the next
page. Be creative!
Comic Rubric
 Do Now: Telephone Activity
1. I am going to come up with a simple message.
2. I am going to whisper this message to one person in our class.
3. This person will whisper what they heard to the person sitting next
to them. We will repeat this process until everyone in our class has
received the message.
4. Our goal is for the original message to be the exact same as the
ending message.
 1. How did the message
change from the
beginning to the end of
the activity?
2. How does this relate to
the idea of multiple

Class Debrief
perspectives?
3. How do you think the
person who started
Telephone Activity telephone and the
person who ended
telephone experienced
the activity
differently?
 Unit 4, Captain Cook:
Report on Captain Cook

Thursday, October 27th

 Learning Objective:
I can report on Captain Cook’s interaction with
the indigenous people of Hawai`i from Cook’s
perspective. (Dimension 2 & 3)
 Captain Cook
Report
You’re the reporter. As a reporter,
you’re given a short news briefing
based on which you will be
completing a press conference with
Captain Cook. Ask “hard-hitting”
questions if you are called on
(questions that will pressure
Captain Cook). Be sure to focus on
his intentions or purposes for
making the decisions that he did.
You want to peek inside the mind of
Cook and then inform newspaper
readers of what you discover. Read
the news briefing below, and then
brainstorm some questions you’d
like to ask once the news
conference begins.
1. Read the news briefing.
2. Create 3 possible questions
to ask Captain Cook.
3. Create 3 potential
responses from the
perspective of Captain
Cook.
4. Write a report from the
perspective of Captain
Cook. This must be 2
paragraphs:
a. P1: Address the background
information leading up to
Kealakekua Bay.
b. P2: Describe Captain Cook’s
fate. Include at least 1 quote
from him!
 Do Now: Write down the class definitions for the following
terms

1. HMS Discovery: Ships in which Captain Cook and his crew

took on their expeditions to Hawai`i
2. Northwest Passage: Sought after sea route through the
Arctic connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
3. Barter System: Exchange of goods and services directly for
other goods and services

4. Makahiki Festival: Hawaiian festival, honoring the God

Lono, full of parades, sports, and feasting.
 Unit 4, Captain Cook:
Terminology & Narratives

Friday, October 28th

 Learning Objective:
I can use terminology about Captain Cook to
write a narrative. (Dimension 3)
Kealakekua Narrative

Using all 5 words in your packets, write a

narrative from either an indigenous OR a
eurocentric perspective on the following
question:

Who was to blame for the Kealakekua Bay

Massacre? Why?
Narrative Rubric