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Class Time: Online Pacific: Paradise In Pain

Part 1: Access the film Pacific: Paradise in Pain located at the link https:// guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/ lml/hwst107/videos (58 mins) (Learners will need to log into UH to access the video.) As learners watch the film, locate and label on the map at least three island nations on the map above and write in the government that actively tested bombs, for example Hawaiʻi (USA). Part 2: Short write up - 250 words minimum. What did you learn in this unit: How did the bombing in the Pacific impact topics covered in this unit, for example: the impact on geology of the islands, impact on water sources, and impact on food production? And the impact on the native peoples? In your answers, I would like for learners to use the names of the island nations to support your learning of the geography and history of Pacific Islands.

The nuclear bomb testing in the Pacific islands had an enormous impact on the geology, the water, the food, the culture, the politics, and countless other things. The United States bombing of the island of Belau (Palau) had a huge impact specifically on the politics, as the one woman explained. She said that the whole way of living was affected by the United States military presence. Many of the natives do not even acknowledge the alliances and affiliation with the United States. Places like Hawai’i have also been greatly impacted by the presence of a foreign entity, especially military presence. The narrator explains how the Hawaiian Islands have been commercialized and exploited for economic gains. In result, many of the locals cannot afford the spiked rent and must live on the streets or on the beach. One man discusses the “city” taking over the beaches and parks of the islands. Another woman discusses how several people go unfed and hungry because the farming cannot keep up with the growing population and the shrinking of the land. When the city makes its way into the country and rural areas, it takes away the precious land area that was once used to farm and supply food for thousands of people. On other islands and atolls throughout the Pacific, its native inhabitants are forced to move off the island (with little to no compensation) in order for a military base to be built. Many of the islands are then used for bomb testing....