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Teacher Guided-Act!vities Haiku Cranes for Peace Haiku is a popular compact form of Japanese poetry using only three unrhymed lines,the first having five syllables, the second seven syllables,and the third five syllables. Poems are often about nature or the seasons. Images are frequently used.Sometimes a Zen-like idea of enlightenment is expressed. Have each student write a haiku about peace. Here is an example: This is our true wish: Now and forever,for all, Peace throughout the world. Notice that the final line expresses the main idea. Ask students to share their poems with the class. Next, have students write their haiku on a square piece of colored paper which will be used to fold an origami crane. Follow the instructions on how to fold a crane at the end of this guide.You may find it helpful to watch the video demonstration posted by Plainfield Library on YouTube(How to Make an Origami Peace Crane,Aug. 30, 2006). Crane image courtesy of: http-//commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/File:0rigami-crane jpg Every year on the evening of August 6,the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, lanterns with peace messages are floated on the Motoyasu River to guide the spirits of the victims of Hiroshima on their way. If you like,try float- ing your crane in water.Otherwise, using the cranes made by all of the students,string them together in a chain to be hung in the classroom or use them to make a large peace mobile for your classroom as a reminder of the impor- tance of preserving peace. If 25 students each made two cranes every school day, how many weeks would it take to make 1,000 cranes? Perhaps students would like to send some of their cranes to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: 1-2 Nakajima-cho Na ka-ku Hiroshima City 730-0811 Japan In 1995,the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings, a sister statue was dedicated in Sante Fe, New Mexico, where the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was built. Third,fourth and fifth graders from Albuquerque raised the money to create a memorial in the shape of a globe. Donations for this monument were received from 64 coun- tries. Information for this activity in part courtesy of http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/haiku.htm,www.answers.com/topic/haiku,http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Park,www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?clD=357&plD=1303,www.pcf.city.hiroshimajp/virtual/ VirtualMuseum_e/exhibit_e/exh0107_e/exh01075_e.htm I Foreign Languages:Culture;Health Education:Responsible Behavior;Language Arts:Literature and Literary Analysis,Writing, Communication;Mathematics:Numbers;Social Studies:History and Biography;Visual Arts:Skills and Techniques 7 The Marcia P.Hoffman Performing Arts Institute,All Rights Reserved 2011