Instructions

1) Display the chant and read it aloud, or have a student read it. Ask students to focus on the feelings the chant invokes.

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2) After the chant has finished, ask students to write down the feelings the chant brought out, or what it made them think about. Then ask several students to share what they wrote.

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3) Display the acetate on the overhead and read aloud the English version of the chant. Ask students to write down whether they have different thoughts and feelings now that they know what the chant means. Ask a few students to share their reactions.

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4) Ask the class to brainstorm answers to this question: Why is the summit area of Haleakalā important to people? Encourage students to think about people in the past, present, and future. Write student responses on the board or overhead. Try to generate as complete a list as possible, making sure that something related to the research and other work done at the observatories gets on the list, as well as the location of television and radio transmitters.

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5) Lead a lecture and discussion of the characteristics of the summit area that make it suitable for observatories. See the teacher background (pp. 6-8) for details.