Bishop Museum is offering Hawaii Alive, a new online collection of resources for teachers and students aimed at bringing the Hawaiian culture to life in the classroom.

Hawaii Alive provides offers online access to cultural artifacts, archival drawings, historical photographs, and audio and video archives. Forty treasures were selected for their cultural, artistic and historic significance and are presented in digital format. The content was designed to meet specific Hawaii Department of Education Hawaiian Studies standards for grades 4, 7 and 9.

Topics presented include Origins and Migration, early Hawaiian Society, Unification and Monarchy, and Overthrow and Contemporary issues.

The three-year project was supported through grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Native Hawaiian Education Program, U.S. Department of Education. Spearheading the project at Bishop Museum were Leah Pualahaole Caldeira, Noelle Kahanu, Rona Rodenhurst and Brad Evans.

The site is also links to other existing Bishop Museum database.

Information: 847-3511 or www.hawaiialive.org.