LESSON 2 - MIGRATION

In this lesson, we encounter various theories of how the native Hawaiians immigrated to Hawai'i. Most of the history of Hawaiian migration will never be known, but anthropologists and historians have fitted pieces together until we can see at least the outlines of an incredible history of the sea.
It is imperative that you categorize the Pacific Ocean, known as Oceania, into three parts: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. In this chapter, it will become known to you that there were two waves of migration into Hawai'i. The first wave occured around 500 AD (or C.E.) while the second wave came about the year 1000 A.D.
Reknown navigator Thor Heyerdahl and even recent anthroplogists believe that the migration to Polynesia may even include natives of South America.
Your assignment is to read Chapter 4 and sketch the migration from Southeast Asia all the way to Hawai'i. Include in your drawings arrows to indicate the directions of migration.
You can imagine how well these stalwart Polynesians were superior to European much earlier than the Vikings and Christopher Columbus. Polynesians could navigate over the vast oceans by only using nature (i.e., wind, star navigation, cloud formation, etc.).