The Story of the Peace Crane
Directions: Write answers in complete sentences.
Is this story fiction (pretend) or non-fiction (real, true)?
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Where does this story take place?
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When did this story take place?
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Who is the main character in this story?
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What does Japanese tradition say will happen to anyone who folds a
thousand paper cranes?
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How long does tradition say a crane will live?
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Where did Sadako Sasaki live?
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What happened to her city in 1945?
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How old was Sadako when this happened?
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What happened to Sadako and her family?
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Describe Sadako.
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What happened to Sadako when she was twelve years old?
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What did she do in the hospital?
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What did she say before she died?
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What have people done to show they remember her?
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Write in your own words, the meaning of the message on her memorial.
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Why do millions of people still remember her?
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What do you do to bring peace to your family, classroom and school?
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The Story of the Peace Crane
A Japanese tradition holds that anyone who folds one thousand
paper cranes will be blessed with health and long life. The graceful
white birds are thought to live for a thousand years.
Sadako Sasaki was not quite two years old when the atom bomb
exploded over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. She and her family lived
on the outskirts of the city and were uninjured that day. Sadako grew
into a high-spirited and active girl who excelled at footraces. It wasn't
until 10 years later that she, like many other children of Hiroshima, fell ill
with leukemia, the A-bomb sickness.
From her hospital bed, Sadako set out to fold a thousand cranes. At first it
was easy enough, but as the illness grew worse each fold became an
immense labour. When she died in 1956 she had been able to complete
only 644. From her deathbed she held up one crane and said in a quiet
voice, "I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world."
The story of 12 year old Sadako became widely known, much the way the
story of Anne Frank became known in Europe and North America. Others
took up her unfinished task.
In Hiroshima's Peace Park stands the statue of a young girl, a victim of the
bombing. Every year on Children's Day (May 5) it is covered with cranes,
brought by children from all over Japan. The children mourn the atom
bomb's victims and vow to join the survivors of the atom bomb in building
a world that will choose the way of peace. At the foot of the memorial, in
the midst of the paper cranes, the words are carved, "This is our cry, this is
our prayer: to establish peace in the world."
Today, in countries around the world, the folded paper crane has become
a symbol of peace and hope to those who would resist the ever-present
threat of nuclear war.
The Story of the Peace Crane
A _______________ tradition holds that anyone who folds one
thousand paper ____________ will be blessed with health and long
life. The graceful white birds are thought to live for a _________________
years.
____________ Sasaki was not quite _________ years old when the
_________ bomb exploded over Hiroshima on August 6, 19__. She and her
family lived on the outskirts of the city and were uninjured that day.
Sadako grew into a high-spirited and active girl who excelled at footraces.
It wasn't until 10 years later that she, like many other children of
__________________, fell ill with leukemia, the ____-___________ sickness.
From her hospital bed, Sadako set out to fold a _______________ cranes.
At first it was easy enough, but as the illness grew worse each fold became
an immense labour. When she ________ in 1956 she had been able to
complete only 644. From her deathbed she held up one _________ and
said in a quiet voice, "I will write ___________ on your __________ and you
will fly all over the _____________." The story of 12 year old Sadako
became widely known, much the way the story of Anne Frank became
known in Europe and North America. Others took up her unfinished task.
In Hiroshima's ____________ Park stands the statue of a young girl, a victim
of the bombing. Every year on Children's Day (May 5) it is covered with
_____________, brought by children from all over Japan. The children
mourn the ___________ bomb's victims and vow to join the survivors of the
____________ bomb in building a world that will choose the way of
____________. At the foot of the memorial, in the midst of the paper
cranes, the words are carved, "This is our cry, this is our prayer: to establish
_______________ in the ______________."
Today, in countries around the world, the folded paper ____________ has
become a symbol of _________ and hope to those who would resist the
ever-present threat of nuclear _____.