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Peace Links and Resources: 
Sadako, Paper Cranes and Origami 
 
 
This page is a collection of Web links and resources which you may find useful for teaching or learning about peace, non-violence and tolerance, through the story of Sadako Sasaki of Hiroshima and the folding of paper cranes as a wish for peace. 

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Sadako
|  Books  |  Video  |  Audio  |  Teachers Guides  |
|  Photos  |  Artwork  |  Theatre  |  Educational Software  |
|  Web Links  |  Other Resources  | 
 
Paper Cranes and Origami
|  Books  |  Video  |  Audio  |  Teachers Guides  |
|  Artwork  |  Web Links  |  Other Resources  | 
 
 
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Sadako 
 

Books 

 

  • There are several editions of the story Sadako (or Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes) by Eleanor Coerr, including the lovely version with pastel illustrations by Ed Young (Australian version ISBN 0-947241-65-5; Canadian 0-399-21771-1) and illustrated paperback versions published by Hodder Headline Australia (ISBN 0 7336 0228 2) and Bantam Doubleday Dell (ISBN 0 440 47465 5). 

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  • Another version of the Sadako story is The Day of the Bomb by Karl Bruckner (originally in German 1961 as Sadako will leben) - ISBN 0-222-69360-6. 

    • Probably out of print but suitable for older readers. 
     
  • There is lots of information about Sadako and the Children's Peace Monument in Children of the paper crane by Masamoto Nasu (ISBN 0-873327152 or 1-56324-801-8) available through Informed Democracy via garden@sadako.com

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  • You can obtain The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Monument by Takayuki Ishii through Metropolitan-Duane UMC, 201 West Thirteenth Street, 

    • New York NY 10011   USA. 

     

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    		   Video 

     

  • There is a very moving video of the Eleanor Coerr Sadako story which uses the pastel drawings by Ed Young, narrated by Liv Ullmann, with solo guitar by 

    • George Winston.  Produced by Informed Democracy (ISBN 1879368005) - 
    details from The Sadako Project via garden@sadako.com or through 
    Fascinating Folds at sales@fascinating-folds.com. 
     
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    		   Audio 

     

  • A soundtrack of the Informed Democracy Sadako video is available at 

    • Dancing Cat Records  or Windham Hill (there are samples at Windham Hill). 
     
  • An Australian audio tape called Sing for peace has some great songs including 

    • ‘Sadako from Hiroshima’ by Robin Mann which kids just love to sing. The tape pack includes a booklet with words, music and activities for music education. It was produced by ABC Education (ISBN 0-642-12979-7) but is now hard to get (some ABC Shops may still have it). 
     
  • Words and music for 'Sadako from Hiroshima' were previously published in 

    • ABC's The Sing Book 1990 [Song No.32]. 
     
  • Another Australian (ABC) tape is a dramatisation for children of Eleanor Coerr’s story, Sadako and the thousand paper cranes (ISBN 0-642-17820-8). 

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  • In the USA Michiko Pumpian has a song 'Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes' in both Japanese and English, plus a Peace Education kit to go with it from the 

    • Sadako Peace Club - ordering details from sadakoclub@sadako.org. 
     
  • Hard to Find (HTF) Recordings list a CD The Heart's a Wonder by Tommy Sands, which includes a song about Sadako and paper cranes. 

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  • There is also a Sadako song on Electric Warrior/Acoustic Saint by Lanny Cordola, mentioned in an interview. 

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  • Listening Library have a cassette tape pack (ISBN 0-8072-0118-9) to 'follow the reader' through Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. 

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    		   Teaching guides 

     

  • Birds of peace: building community and a peaceful world - Teacher's Guide  by Walter Enloe (ISBN 0-9639519-5-5) is available within the Sadako Peace Education Kit from the Sadako Peace Club via sadakoclub@sadako.org 

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  • There are now quite a few guides available for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, including:
    • a Web-based Teacher CyberGuide by Debby Gaulin, which is accompanied by three Student Activities - from these pages follow lots of good Web links on Sadako and Hiroshima, atomic energy, and world peace 

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    • a Novel-ties study guide from Learning Links  suitable for primary, with resources for teachers and students 

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    • the Sadako Study Guide by Edna Ritzenburg, published by Learning Links, Inc for Grades K-6 

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    • the Sadako teachers’ guide by Naomi Watkin (ages 8-12)  published in Canada (ISBN 0-921358-23-7) - read a review 

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    • Pegasus: Sadako Unit Guide, Grade 4 (ISBN 0-8403-7259-0) 

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    • a Literature Guide available through CHILD Program materials 

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    • a Children's Literary Companion available through SVE 

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    •  a 'read-aloud strategy' for Grades 4-12 from American Literacy Corporation 

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    • a Young Writer's Workshop  literature companion for Grades 3 to 7 available through Lawrence Productions 

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    • an 'anticipation guide' from Kid Reach written by Janice L Anderson  
    • a Literature Study Group and links to a sample lesson plan from 

      • Harbors: Goals 2000  in Hawaii 
       
    • a literary study and other educational activities from ThinkQuest Junior 

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    • a Language Arts Historic Fiction lesson plan by Amber Michelle Shelkett for Grades 5 and 6 from The Lesson Plans Page 

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    • a lesson plan by Janet Bragg at Indiana State 
     
  • Bev Haskins has written a Teacher Resource Guide (Grades 4-8) for the play 

    • One Thousand Cranes written by Colin Thomas about Sadako and other children in war and about understanding and harmony, performed by Carousel Players. 
     
  • Social Studies School Service has a reproducible activity book World War II:  Thematic Unit which is based on Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and two other books. 

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    		   Photos 
     
     
  • Photographs of Sadako really bring her story alive - we have collected some from a number of sites on the Web at our Peace Pix - Sadako page. 

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  • There are also photographs of Sadako at: 
  • There are photographs of Sadako's statue at the Hiroshima Peace Park at:
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  • For a Quick Time video of the Children's Memorial at Hiroshima, 

    • try Citizenship Education Visuals. 
     
  • There are pictures of the Sadako statue and Peace Park in Seattle, Washington at:
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    		   Artwork 
     
     
  • Have a look at the artwork called 'Sadako's Gate' which has been created by sculptor Edward Crankshaw, a great origami fan, inspired by Sadako's story.

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  • Our Peace Pix - Sadako page has a number of  book illustrations of Sadako. 

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    		   Theatre 
     
     
  •  There are several plays based on Sadako's story, including:
  •  A puppet play of Sadako was performed in 1998 in Cape Town, South Africa by The Puppet People and the Hearts and Eyes Theatre Collective.  Find out more from our Ideas and Inspirations  page. 

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  • Seaview High School in South Australia based their performance in the 1999 Rock Eisteddfod on Sadako and other Hiroshima stories. 
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    		   Educational Software 
     
  •  Children of the Crane  makes use of the legend of Sadako, newsreel and video footage, and clippings from the New York Times for problem-solving activities and experiences about Japanese culture.  Based on the curriculum for Grades 4-12 in history, geography, social studies, biology, geometry and art. 

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    		   Web links 

     

  • You can find the Sadako story at a number of sites, including:
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  • To visit sites with educational activities based on Sadako, try:
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    		   Other materials and merchandise 
     
     
  • The Sadako Peace Club has T-shirts and a range of other merchandise 

    • (details from sadakoclub@sadako.org) 
     
  • Informed Democracy has Sadako posters, greeting cards, pins and buttons 

    • (details from garden@sadako.com) 
     
  • Fascinating Folds retails a Sadako card and poster, and crane pins 

    • (details from sales@fascinating-folds.com). 
     
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    		Paper Cranes and Origami 
     

    		   Books  

     

  • A Thousand Cranes by Florence Tenko (ISBN 0-89346-851-7) shows how to make three traditional Japanese mobiles designed to display a thousand origami cranes. 

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  • The page 'Paper Cranes by Janice Madden-Shephard' has a short story which is based on a school's experience with paper cranes.  The page includes details on how to order the booklet 'Flight of the magical paper cranes' which contains this story and stories by ESL students. 

    • Read more about the booklet in this article from  The Electric Newspaper. 
     
  • Other titles include:
    • Peace crane by Sheila Hanamaka (ISBN 0-688-13815-2) 
    • The Paper Crane by Molly Bang (1985 Greenwillow Books) 
    • Tree of Cranes by Allen Say  (1991 Houghton Mifflin) 
    • Perfect Crane by Anne Laurin  (1981 Harper and Row) 
     
  • The oldest origami book in the world (dating from 1797) is Hiden Senbazuru Orikata  (The secret of 1000 cranes origami) - it has now been reprinted with annotated text and is available through the Sasuga Japanese Bookstore. 

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  • Fascinating Folds is well worth a visit for a wide range of origami books and guides.

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  • More origami books, including some titles for teachers, as well as lots of links, can be found at Kim's Crane. 

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    		     Video 
     
  • Informed Democracy offer a video How to fold a paper crane and some easily followed written instructions - ordering details from garden@sadako.com. 

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  • Program 39 of the Reading Rainbow Video Series is a 30 minute video of 

    • The Paper Crane by Molly Bang, produced by Lancit Media Productions.  A teacher's guide is also available.  Distributed by Great Plains National, Lincoln, Nebraska. 
     
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    		   Audio 
     
  •  Fred Small has produced a song 'Cranes over Hiroshima' (Firebird Music, Oregon); there is also a guitar interpretation of this song.  You can find the lyrics here. 

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  • Another version of 'Cranes over Hiroshima' has been recorded by Shinobu Sato with Waterbug Records. 

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  • Nan Hoffman has recorded a song 'A Thousand Cranes' on her cassette of children's songs.  Orders from Nan Hoffman, 9736 Transit Road, East Amherst, NY  14051 USA. 

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  • An instrumental group called Hiroshima have recorded a tune called 

    • 'Thousand Cranes' (Epic label) as a tribute to Sadako and the city of Hiroshima. 
     
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    		   Teaching guides 

     

  • Birds of peace: building community and a peaceful world - Teacher's Guide  by Walter Enloe (ISBN 0-9639519-5-5) is available within the Sadako Peace Education Kit from the Sadako Peace Club via sadakoclub@sadako.org 

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  • For guides to using cranes and other origami across the curriculum, especially for maths, visit the Learning Centre at Fascinating Folds.

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  • Visit the Math in Motion site to learn about Math in motion: origami in the classroom K-8, an integrated hands-on approach to teaching across the curriculum by Barbara Pearl (ISBN 0-9647924-3-5).  For a free sample lesson plan send a SASE to MIM, P.O. Box 567, Langhorne, PA 19047  USA. 

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  • Visit SCRTEC for an Internet-based lesson plan by Nancy Perellie which uses paper cranes to teach Math and Science. 

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  • The Shapes Within Shapes Investigation lists books and other resources. 

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  • Texas Instruments offers Teacher notes for One Thousand Paper Cranes which can be downloaded in PDF format. 

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  • Kim's Crane also offers some titles for teachers. 

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  • Read about The educational benefits of origami. 

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  • ThinkQuest Junior offers lots of useful material on the site 

    • Pieces 'n Creases: a fun guide to origami 
     
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    		   Artwork 
     
  •  Images of paper cranes pop up in all sorts of products - have a look at this Orizuru  collection. 
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  • For some beautiful works made from 1001 paper cranes by artist Cathy Lancaster, visit all the pages at  Classic Cranes - the art of paper cranes. 

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  •  You can find some interesting crane images at our Peace Pix - Peace Cranes page, including some folding instructions and an animated golden crane which folds itself as you watch! 

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  • The art installation "Spring Umbrellas"  by Ron Rowe makes use of paper cranes. 

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    		   Web links 
     
     
  • The Cranes for Peace Home Page is an excellent resource page for Peace and paper crane projects around the world. It has lots of great links to projects, resources and crane folding instructions - and don't miss the Internet Challenge. 

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  • Read about the Kids' 1000 Peace Cranes Project  with Nagatsuka Elementary School  in Hiroshima. They receive cranes from around the world and deliver them to the Children's Monument. 

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  • A similar service can be negotiated (for a fee) with the Hiroshima International School  who have a 1000 Crane Club to build understanding. 

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  • Another international 1000 Cranes Project has involved Suzuhari Elementary School in Hiroshima, exchanging cranes and students' artwork with Alianza Elementary School in California. They have some useful links also. 

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  • Peace Exchange with Hakushima Elementary School in Hiroshima and Aranda Primary School in Canberra started us on the path to the Thousand Cranes Peace Network, inspired by Hakushima students' Peace messages and artwork for the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing. 

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  • This has been followed by a Peace Exchange with Shohola Elementary School in Pennsylvania USA. 

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  • Have a look at the project to fold the World's largest origami paper crane! 

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  • Camas High School set a world record for Megagami  - the largest crane in a single piece of paper. 

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  • At the other end of the scale, look at this Crane on the end of a pin! 

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  • Visit the paper cranes projects at:
    • These and more peace crane activities from participants in the Thousand Cranes Peace Network are featured on our pages of Ideas and Inspirations. 
     
  • Have a look at these paper crane projects also:
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  •  You will find a host of variations in folded cranes and garlands at this gallery of Paper Cranes assembled by Nagatsuka Elementary School. 

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  • This Origami site has photos of some unusual variations of folded cranes (text in Japanese only). 

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  • You can download an animated Crane Screensaver. 

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  •  There are crane folding instructions at the following sites: 
  • Links to more ‘how to fold paper cranes’ pages can be followed from:
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  •  Younger children often find it easier to learn to fold Origami Peace Doves.  For instructions visit this activity from Peace Pals. 

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  • These sites show how folding cranes can become a business: 
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  •  Check out these amazing Origami records and curiosities - they include the largest  crane folded from a single sheet of paper. 

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  •  For links to origami pages try:
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  • Find out more about the crane family of birds at our Crane Lore page.

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    		   Other materials and merchandise 
     
     
  • Informed Democracy has pins, buttons,  leaflets, folding instructions and a fine crane mobile (details from garden@sadako.com) 

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  •  Fascinating Folds retails two Peace Crane T-shirts ,  and crane pins and buttons. They also supply a huge range of origami paper (details from sales@fascinating-folds.com). 

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  • More origami paper and materials, as well as lots of links, can be found at Kim's Crane. 
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     |  Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Bomb and radiation  |
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