Tongan castaways

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/tongan-castaways

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the number of individuals?Six Tongan teenage boys
2. What is the year of shipwreck?1965
3. What happened to the six boys from Tonga?In 1965, six boys from a boarding school stole a boat to seek freedom. They were caught in a storm, shipwrecked, and washed ashore on the uninhabited island of ʻAta.
4. Where did the boys find themselves after the storm?They landed on the remote island of ʻAta, which had no other people living there.

Autonomy: Self-governance; the right to make one's own decisions.
Crucible: A situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.
Interdependence: The state of being mutually reliant on each other for survival or success.
Serendipitous: Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.