About This Lesson
The “Moana” Educator’s Guide includes 40 pages of lessons and activities targeted to grades 2 through 6. The complete Educator’s Guide and additional educational resources are now available at disney.com/Moana.
EDUCATOR’S GUIDE OBJECTIVES
- Increase students’ knowledge of the amazing animals and habitats of the ocean through interactive, interdisciplinary and inquiry-based lessons.
- Enhance students’ viewing of Disney’s “Moana” and inspire an appreciation for the wildlife and wild places featured in the film.
- Promote life-long conservation values and STEAM-based skills through outdoor natural exploration and discovery.
- Empower you and your students to create positive changes for wildlife in your school, community and world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Standards Alignment Chart.....................3 Teacher’s
- Background Information.....................4
- Resources................................................................11
- What You Can Do........................................................12
- Lesson 1: The Hero’s Journey.........................................13
- Lesson 2: Music and Rhythm of the Ocean......................19
- Lesson 3: Wayfinding using Earth’s Natural Elements..........................................24
- Lesson 4: Caring for Sea Turtles.........................31
- Glossary.........................................40
Background on Disney's Moana
Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auli’i Cravalho) meets the once mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.
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