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Expanding the Classroom through Discussion <br /> Pre-Performance Discussion Questions <br /> 1. What legends do you know?Are legends important?Why or why not?What purpose do legends serve? <br /> 2. Have you ever lost someone important to you?How did that change the way you see the world? <br /> 3. The characters in A Thousand Cranes are from Japan. Do you know anyone from another country? Have you <br /> ever compared their interests,traditions,rituals and culture to your own?If so, how are your two cultures differ- <br /> ent? How are they the same? <br /> 4. Have you ever done origami? Have you made a paper airplane?A paper flower? <br /> Post-Performance Discussion Questions <br /> 1. How did Kenji help Sadako, before she was sick and after she became ill?When he gave her the origami crane, <br /> what else did he give her? <br /> 2. How was Sadako's grandmother(Oba chan)able to help her? <br /> 3. What role do older people play in your life?Grandparents?Aunts and uncles?Friends?How is interaction be- <br /> tween generations important? <br /> 4. Do you think the presence of nuclear weapons makes peace in the world more likely or less likely?Why? <br /> 5. Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. In hopes that such weapons will never be <br /> used again,August 6 is now Peace Day in Japan. Do you think the United States should have a peace day? <br /> Which day of the year would you choose for an American Peace Day if we decided to have one?Why? <br /> 6. Many Japanese people celebrate Obon,a Buddhist festival to remember and honor one's ancestors. Can you <br /> name holidays from countries other than Japan that remember or honor the dead? How and when are these <br /> holidays celebrated? Do you know why? <br /> Foreign Languages:Culture,Comparisons,Experiences;Health Education:Responsible Behavior;Language Arts:Literature and Literary <br /> Analysis,Communication;Social Studies:History and Biography,Civics and Government <br /> The Marcia P.Hoffman Performing Arts Institute,All Rights Reserved 2011 C C <br />