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Volume I Number XII . . . . September 1, 1995
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SADAKO Teachers' Guide
Naomi Watkan.
Victoria, B.C.: Pacific-Rim Publishers, 1995. 25pp, paper, $9.95
ISBN 0-921358-23-7.
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.
Review by Elinor M. Kelly.
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Sadako is the well-known classic about the little girl who
lived in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped. Sadako developed leukemia
and began folding origami paper-cranes, in the hope that if she could
finish one thousand cranes she would survive -- but died before she could
complete her task.
This teacher's guide for Sadako (which itself is
available in different, inexpensive editions) presents twelve activity
sheets to teach students about Japanese customs -- from their beds to
their religion, haiku poetry, and so on -- and about the atomic
bomb: the facts and the rights and wrongs.
This is a timely book given that this summer has seen the fiftieth
anniversary of the dropping of the bomb, and it provides useful
guidelines for discussion of the subject by children.
Sadako and her classmates, who folded the rest of her cranes after
her death and raised the money for her statue in Hiroshima, are famous
throughout Japan and to travellers world-wide. The crane has become a
symbol not only of long life but of peace. If this guide helps to
present the subject and encourage useful discussion, it's well worth its
price.
Recommended.
Elinor M. Kelly is a retired librarian who lives in Port Hope, Ontario.
To comment on this title or this review, send mail to cm@mts.net.
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