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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover details about the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. For this Hawaiian history lesson, 8th graders watch "Hawaii's Last Queen," and read Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. Students reply to discussion...
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Resolution to Annex Hawaii (1898)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a copy of the original Resolution for Annexation of Hawaii. There is also a copy of Queen Liliuokalani's official protest to the House of Representatives. Links to larger copies, a typed transcript and PDF download are also...
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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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Handout
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen: Lili'uokalani Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Chronology of events in the life of Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani. Includes photos.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a PBS American Experience film about Queen Liliuokalani and the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, this brief overview gives personal information about the queen and explains her attempts at protecting her country. Included...
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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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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen: Liliuokalani's Musical Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the American Experience film on Queen Liliuokalani, you can hear an audio clip of "Aloha Oe", one of the Queen's best known original melodies and see the other music she wrote honoring the Hawaiian musical tradition.
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Primary
Other

Hawaii Nation: Official Protest to the Treaty of Annexation

For Students 9th - 10th
1987 speech made by Hawaiian queen Liliuokalani, in protest of U.S. annexation of Hawaii.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Hawaiian Annexation

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the annexation of Hawaii and how it was an on-and-off-and-on policy. See the influence of the American planters in the governmental workings of the Hawaiian monarchy.
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Primary
Other

Free Hawaii: Queen Liliuokalani's Protest to the Treaty of Annexation

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains the text of an official protest to the annexation of Hawaii, presented by Queen Liliuokalani in Washington D.C. on June 17, 1897.