Hawaii Civic Engagment Paper

Each student will write a one to two page civic engagement paper. The paper must answer ONE of the following two questions:

1.Most of the sites relating to the history of Hawaii on the list below are non-profit institutions and heavily rely on community volunteers to be docents and/or aid in the process of doing historical research. However, it is often difficult for these historic sites to get enough volunteers.

Imagine that you are in charge of volunteer recruitment at one of these sites. What specific plans could you develop to attract new volunteers to the site?

2.Each of the below sites focused on providing visitors, both Hawai‘i residents and those visiting the islands, with a positive experience and an increased understanding of Hawaiian history.

Imagine that you are in charge of online visitor services at one of the sites below. What specific plans could you develop to enhance the website and overall experience of online visitors as well as to increase their knowledge of Hawaiian history?

http://www.bowfin.org/

https://ussmissouri.org/

http://www.nps.gov/valr/index.htm

http://www.iolanipalace.org/

http://www.hiarmymuseumsoc.org/index.html

http://missionhouses.org/

http://www.garrison.hawaii.army.mil/tlm/index.html

http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/

http://www.bishopmuseum.org/

* One to two page paper. MLA formatting.