Polynesian voyaging and wayfinding deep-dive with Hokule'a own-voice sources
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~2 min
hist.g3.s.ex_35
Open Response
Prompt
True or false: Polynesian settlement was accidental drift. Explain your answer.
How it's presented
mode
card
prompt audio ID
audio.g3s.ex 35.stem
Answer criteria
type
open response
rubric
Identifies FALSE; explains that voyaging was INTENTIONAL, two-way, used sophisticated star/swell/bird navigation; refutes Heyerdahl's mid-20th-century 'accidental drift' theory
Hints
- Look at lesson 14 framing.
- The Hokule'a confirms that voyaging is intentional and skillful.
Misconceptions to watch
- Accepting 'true' (refuted by the unit and by current scholarship)
- Saying 'it was both intentional and accidental' (current scholarship is firmly on intentional)
Used in lessons