The Value of Hawaiʻi: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future 3to8supp a project of the Curriculum

a project of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Jan and Judy Dill

Illustrator Mariko Merritt was born and raised in Hawai‘i

often in garbled fashion

A symbol of life

The Value of Hawaiʻi: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future 3to8supp a project of the CurriculumHow did we get here? Three and a half day school weeks. Prisoners farmed out to the mainland. Tent camps for the migratory homeless. A blinkered dependence on tourism and the military for virtually all economic activity. The steady degradation of already degraded land. Contempt for anyone employed in education, health, and social service. An almost theological belief in the evil of taxes. At a time when new leaders will be elected, and new solutions