Synopsis:

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is the true story of a Japanese girl who develops leukemia ten years after the bombing of her city, Hiroshima. Her best friend tells her that if she folds a thousand paper cranes the gods will grant her wish and make her well. Sadako faces her illness with bravery and strength and in the end losses her battle with cancer.
 

Procedures:

1. Divide the students into groups of four. There will be a World War II Historian, a Leukemia Specialist, an Atomic Research Historian, and a Hiroshima/Nagasaki Historian in each group.

2. Take the class to the media center and allow the media specialist to familiarize the students with available resources. There are Internet sites listed on the Resources link to help with information.

3. The students should keep a Bibliography for each resource from which they obtain information.

4. Each student in the group will research their topic using the guided research questions.

5. Each group will be responsible for completing each task using the information they gathered during the research project.

6. The groups will present their projects to the class.

QCC's

22 Standard: Recognizes various forms of literature (short stories, novels, epics, poems, dramas, folk tales, essays, and myths).

23 Standard: Responds to literal, inferential, and critical questions about literature.

24 Standard: Identifies literary elements and techniques such as plot, setting, theme, characters, characterization, conflict, figurative language, and point of view.

28 Standard: Recognizes cultures and values represented in literature.

29 Standard: Recognizes that literature reflects human experiences.

30 Standard: Responds creatively to literature (drama, art, multi-media projects).

32 Standard: Reads for a variety of purposes to obtain meaning from different kinds of materials.

41 Standard: Adjusts reading speed according to purpose and rereads for comprehension.

42 Standard: Recognizes explicit and implicit main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships

47 Standard: Recognizes relevance of data.

48 Standard: Interprets written instructions and other directive information.

49 Standard: Applies reading strategies to specific content and subject matter.

50 Standard: Recognizes differences among paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarizing.

51 Standard: Recognizes organizational systems used in media centers for collections and reference sources.

54 Standard: Analyzes information to determine relevance to topic.

55 Standard: Retrieves information on a single topic from multiple sources (periodicals, indices, almanacs, general and specialized materials, electronic multi-media technologies, microforms, and databases).

57 Standard: Documents sources with reference citations.

60 Standard: Uses the media center as a source of information and pleasure.

4 Topic: Reference Skills

Standard: Selects and uses multiple types of print and nonprint sources for information on science concepts.

1 Topic: Physical Geography

Standard: Identifies and locates regions and countries in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania on a world map.

8 Topic: History

Standard: Outlines the important historical developments of the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, and demonstrates how geographic factors influenced events and conditions.

10 Topic: Economics

Standard: Explains how people in all economic systems engage in basic economic activities: producing, exchanging, consuming, saving, and investing.

15 Topic: Political Systems

Standard: Summarizes important political developments of the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, and explains the spatial divisions of these regions and how cooperation and conflict contribute to the development of these divisions.

32 Topic: Civic Participation

Standard: Works within a group, following set rules of procedure to complete an assigned task.

46 Topic: Map and Globes

Standard: Uses both physical and political maps of the same areas for clarifying concepts.

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