Peace Festival Hiroshima, Japan Every year on August 6, the people of Hiroshima gather in Peace Park for a ceremony to pray for the victims of the atomic bomb. The mayor gives a speech about world peace and everyone prays for peace.
Children’s Peace Monument “This is our cry. This is our prayer. For building peace in this world. ”
Google Earth This is what you would see if you were in Peace Park…
What words can we use to describe PEACE?
5 Shea’s Message for Peace As a class, we are going to write one sentence about peace to send to the Children’s Peace Monument. Examples: “Friendship leads to peace” “Peace forever” “LOVE PEACE” Using the words we came up with to describe peace, what message does 5 Shea want to send to the people of Hiroshima? Write your sentence on an index card.
5 Shea’s Message for Peace “Peace, Hope, and Love. Stay Strong, Brave, and Hopeful. Have friends not war. NO MORE WAR!!”
5 Shea’s Goal: Our class is going to make 1, 000 paper cranes to send to the Children’s Peace Monument with our message for peace. How many cranes does each person in 5 Shea have to make? (22 students & 3 teachers)
Paper Crane Directions Making 1, 000 paper cranes will take us quite a bit of time to do. It may be difficult at the beginning, so just remember: Be PATIENT Be PERSISTANT TAKE YOUR TIME to do your BEST http: //www. origamiplayer. com/showorigami_ch_h 5. php? origami=crane&sel =0&norot=0&paper=&scissor=0&title=Crane