![]() ![]() For a visual experience of the books watch this student-made video ![]() Read the picture book Sadako by Eleanor Coerr (elementary) and/or the chapter book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (upper elementary/middle school). You can mail your cranes to Peace Promotion Division, International Peace Promotion Department, The City of Hiroshima Yosuke Tone 1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku Hiroshima 730-0811 But most importantly, they should be made as a prayer for peace in the world year round. Origami cranes can be made for any number of occasions including Peace Day September 21, winter solstice and holidays as decorations, and Hiroshima Day August 6 and Nagasaki Day August 9th. This video is a good demonstration of how to fold one.įor younger children try an origami dove which is slightly easier. It may help to have two children work as a pair. It takes perseverance and patience, a good lesson to tie in with the idea that creating a peaceful world will also take a great deal of personal commitment and patience. The actual construction of the crane is one of the more difficult origami figures for children to do. Today school children make origami cranes in her memory and as a dedication to world peace. ![]() Sadako set out to fold 1000 origami cranes for health and world peace. In Japanese, Korean, and Chinese traditions cranes stand for long life and good fortune. ![]() Sadako was a young girl who was exposed to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and who developed leukemia from the radioactive fallout. ![]()
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