Call It Courage Maps

Find the area of Hikueru Island in Call It Courage by Armstrong Perry.

Find Polynesia

Hikueru is too small to find on a world map. In fact, even Tahiti is too small to see.

We begin the Unit Study by finding Mafatu's home, which is in the South Pacific.

Can you differentiate the South Pacific from Oceania? Maps 1 and 2 above will help you do that. (Hint: Hawaii is not in the South Pacific because it is north of the Equator. The natives of Hawaii shared a similar culture with the other Pacific islanders, however.)

Find Hikueru

There are 118 islands in French Polynesia. Those islands include:

• Tahiti, the largest island, is about 1000 square kilometers (400 square miles.) That is about 1/15 the size of Hawaii's total area.
• Tuamatu Archipelago - the chain of islands above which includes Mafatu's home of Hikueru.
• Society Islands
• Gambier Islands
• Marquesas Islands
• Austral Islands

Hikueru and Tahiti

This map gives you a better idea of where Mafatu was from. Those tiny islands, however, cannot be seen on a world map.

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