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Other

Expansion in the Pacific: Footholds in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
Good description of 19th century Hawaiian history and its annexation by the U.S., with links to related maps, pictures, and treaties.
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Handout
Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Liliuokalani (1838 1917)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this personal biography of Hawaaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who struggled against American annexation.
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Website
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii

For Students 6th - 8th
A great lesson plan using primary source materials to examine the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and the subsequent annexation of Hawaii to the United States. Find the background information, documents, suggested teaching activities,...
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Handout
Other

Women's Heritage Month: Queen Lydia Liliuokalani

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative biography of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who reluctantly surrendered her nation to American forces in 1896.
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Article
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Liliuokalani

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Liliuokalani, the first woman to be queen of Hawaii.
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Article
Other

Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign: The Overthrow of the Monarchy

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from the in-flight magazine of Aloha Airlines relates the history of the events that led to the annexation of Hawaii in the 1890s.