Sadako Sasaki: An Interactive Reading Comprehension Activity
in Educational , Nuclear on July 29, 2020Choose Your Desired Option(s)
In the Hiroshima Peace Park there is a statue that honors Sadako Sasaki. At only two years old she survived the US atomic attack on Hiroshima. At twelve she developed leukemia. While in the hospital she folded more than one thousand origami cranes in the hopes of getting better. There is a Japanese folk legend that says cranes can live for one thousand years and if a person folds one origami crane for each year of a crane’s life their wish will be granted. Sadako’s wish to recover did not come true, but she did make the world a better place by inspiring her friends and classmates to honor her and all of the children who lost their lives in the atomic bombings.
Content Attributes
| Link to Resource | |
| Video Url | |
| Topic / Subject Matter | Nuclear Weapons |
| Skillset | Cross-cultural Understanding |
| Lens / Approach / Method | Ethics/Justice, Historical, Human Security, Peace Studies |
| Download Category | Educational, Nuclear |
| Content Tag | Oleander Initiative |
| Activity Type | |
| Audiences | High School |
| Minimum Number of Participants | N/A |
| Maximum Number of Participants | N/A |
| Group or Individual | Groups, Individuals |
| Recommended group size | N/A |
| Number of Leaders | N/A |
| Total Prep Time | |
| Total activity time | 60 minutes |
| Divisible | No |
| Divisible Explanation | |
| Recommended Reading | N/A |
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