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1,000 Cranes with a Pal

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write a letter to a pen pal about the book they read 1,000 Cranes in Hiroshima. In this writing lesson plan, students write about the conflicts and events that occurred in the book.
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Origami

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create paper cranes using the art of Origami from Japan as a basis. This lesson includes three lesson enrichment activities, a vocabulary list, and ideas for possible origami materials.
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Further Reading: Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the Japanese people and how they lived in the World War II era. They conduct research in order to obtain information. Then they role play the part of different people in groups who lived during the time.
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Valentines Day Lesson

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this Valentine's Day worksheet, students will learn about Valentine's Day traditions in America. Students will learn Valentine's Day vocabulary and then practice a dialogue about Valentine's Day. Students will write a letter to a...
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A Thousand Paper Cranes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students, after finishing Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, discuss the tragedy of Hiroshima and its impact.
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It's Haiku Time!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop and illustrate an original Haiku poem.
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Haiku Fun!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Haiku and create their own Haiku poem.
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Side By Side

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners produce elongated self-portraits on paper approximately 8 x 36 inches.
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The Meishi Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this Meishi game worksheet, students create six small identity cards, exchange them as self-introduction cards with other students and try to collect as many cards as they can to win the game.
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That's Exercise?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine a variety of ways to exercise and keep their bodies strong. They make letters of the alphabet with their bodies and listen to the book Baseball Brothers. Students watch a video clip from the PBS show Teletubbies, and...
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Nature Print Silk Suncatchers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to the beauty of silk painting. They create a colorful leaf-print sun catcher that glows when placed in a window. Each student experiences the mixing of the colors and tie a link with Asian cultures, science and...
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars participate in various activities which address Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this holiday lesson, students are exposed to Hebrew songs and construct Haiku poems about Yom Kippur.
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Flawed Democracies, Human Rights

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners create drawing that tell a story about a young girl's life in an internment camp. In this internment camp lesson plan, students hear stories and analyze photographs of internment camps and then create their own drawings.
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Around the World, A Multicultural Unit

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate Native American tribes through their stories.  In this cultural lesson plan, students read stories of the Inuit tribe and discuss the themes, people, and customs.  Students illustrate a picture of the Inuit...
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Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Thousand Paper Cranes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This historical fiction lesson plan is for students reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, in which they can discuss the tragedy of Hiroshima and its impact as well as other themes.