Sadako
and the Thousand Paper Cranes







Task:

  • Find Three Facts about the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
    (at least one fact should be about Sadako's statue in the park.)

  • Find Three Facts about the Hiroshima Atomic Dome Bomb.
    Pics

  • Provide Translations for these three Japanese words that appear in
    Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes:

    chan
    obachan
    tatami

  • Japanese Dictionary


    Resources:

    World Peace Project for Children: Sadako.org
    Wikipedia: Hiroshima
    Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Wikipedia: Sadako Sasaki
    Hiroshima City: Official Website
    The Voice of Hibakusha: eyewitness accounts
    A Bomb WWW Museum
    Hiroshima: The Atomic Bomb ~ video clip
    The Kids' 1000 Cranes Project '99 Peace Forum
    How to Make an Origami Crane



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