1,000 Paper Cranes = Music for Every Student Project
An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted one wish by a crane. Since the end of World War II with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States, this legend has spread across the world through the story of Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was a Japanese girl who was only two years old when she became a victim of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The effects of the atomic bomb did not reveal themselves until a decade later, when Sadako was hospitalized and diagnosed with leukemia. During a visit to the hospital by her best friend, Sadako was retold the story of the thousand paper cranes. Inspired by the story and the paper crane made by her friend, Sadako started to fold paper cranes with the hope that she could make one thousand and be granted the wish to live. By August 1955, Sadako had reached her goal, and continued to make more paper cranes. Unfortunately, Sadako passed away on October 25, 1955. Her friends and schoolmates created a memorial in remembrance of her at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial through money that was raised by them.Click the link below to read the How to Fold a Paper Crane instruction sheet (in .pdf format, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
How to Fold a Paper Crane.pdf