Unit 1 Test

Here is the link to your first test. Please answer carefully and post your score in the comments section.

Unit 1 Grader
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Origami resembles what two arts according to Hatori Koshiro? . Cooking and painting . Painting and theatre . Cooking and theatre What is most important in this class? . Making the origami figures . having fun . Reading your assignments What Should you avoid when doing Origami? . Cutting . Gluing . Drawing the folds . All of the above . A&B Who was the first country to have knowledge of origami? . China . Japan . Korea Other than psychologically and culturally, in which other way does origami have an effect in our lives? . Mentally . Biologically . Mathematically . Socially Into what shape did the small square in the short story did not turn into? . Wardrobe . Butterfly . Mirror . Witch . Cat To what European country did the Moors introduce origami to? . Arabs . Spain . France . British What animal is used to represent the peace movements? . Dove . Crane . Monkey . Pigeon

Highlights in Origami History Activity

As a complement to your previous reading, your homework is to build your first ever (at least in this class) origami figure, a Samurai Helmet!

If you don't have a square paper to do it, please watch the video on how to make one and proceed.

for your evaluation process, you will be required to post a picture of your finished work along with your name written on or next to the origami figure.

Do not take separate pictures of your figure and your name
Your name must be handwritten
the paper must not be all white (some small decoration or colored paper/newspaper/special paper will suffice)

Highlights In Origami History

100 AD

Paper-making originated in China by Ts'ai Lun, a servant of the Chinese emperor. The art of paperfolding began shortly after.

600 AD 

Paper-making spread to Japan where origami really took off.

800-1100AD

Origami was introduced to the West (Spain) by the Moors who made geometric origami models.

1797     

Hiden Senbazuru Orikata is the oldest origami book for amusement in the world is published. Translated it means "The Secret of One Thousand Cranes Origami".

1845     

Kan no mado (Window on Midwinter)-The first published collection of origami models which included the frog base

1900     

Origami spread to England and the United States

1935     

Akira Yoshizawa developed his set of symbols used for origami instructions.

1960     

Sadako and One Thousand Cranes was published by Eleanor Coerr and is linked with the origami crane and the international peace movement.

2000         

International Peace Project-An international project which is engaging communities in collaborative activities to promote peace, non-violence and tolerance - A Million Paper Cranes for Peace by the Year 2000!

Origami For Everyone - A Short Story

This is a story about a square, and the folds in basic origami, read the story along with your square of paper and try doing all the folds along




The Square Story

a) There was once a small square
b)He was very sad because no one wanted to play with him.
"Waa", he cried, "if I was as skinny as my brother the rectangle, or as round as the circle, or if I had corners as beautiful as the ones my sister the triangle has… But I am nothing special, all of my corners are the same, long and boring."
Then he picked up a… a very interesting book and read this story.

c) Once upon a time there was a little witch that would sleep all day and fly all night on her broom through the dark starry sky. It was so cold to the point where she would start sneezing until she got sick. It was then that she looked for a... handkerchief and cleaned her nose.

d) After seeing her sneeze, her mom said: You won't be able to fly your broom at night anymore. Instead, bring your... boat and do a small trip. The sea breeze will make you feel much better.

e) Obediently, the little witch took her boat and traveled along all the seas until she discovered a beautiful beach a... witches' house. 

f) "I want to stay here", thought the little witch as she wrote her mom a... letter.

g) " Mom, you must come visit me. My witch house is so pretty and I have an excellent view from my... window."

h) After reading the letter, her mom went to her... wardrobe.

i) Here she looked for a beautiful red polka dot...handkerchief. 

i) "This is exactly the one I was looking for", she thought. "The handkerchief will hold my hair in place." She tried it in front of her old... mirror. 

k) The witch was hungry and before taking her broom to go visit the little witch, she decided to fry a delicious...fish. 

l) For desert, she looked for a chocolate bar. 

m) After this, she prepared her large... purse. 

n) As she mounted on her broom, she remembered. "Oh, I'm forgetting something." she said as she returned to her house to find a... magic bag.

0) She got on her broom and traveled above the seas of the world until she finally found the little witch that played in the beach meanwhile she observed a colorful... butterfly. 

p) "What is this horrible creature?", said the mom. She pulled out her magic wand and transformed the butterfly unto a fat and ugly... toad. 

q) "Please don't do it", said the little witch. I liked the pretty butterfly. "Well, I liked this toad even more", said the mom. Luckily while this occurred, another butterfly fleeted along and both felt happy once again. They lived and felt happy until the day they died. 
Our little square closed the book as he rubbed his eyes. Was I dreaming or was I awake? Can it be possible that all those things can be made when folding a simple square? Then that means that all these shapes are inside of me: a book, a handkerchief, a boat, a house, a letter, a window, a wardrobe, a handkerchief to hold your hair, a mirror, a fish, a chocolate, a magic bag, a butterfly and a toad. 
"Now I believe that I can find children that would want to fold all those shapes with me. Now I won't be bored." And due to all this joy and enthusiasm, the small square turned bright red.

Now its time for you to write your thoughts in the comments section: Did you like the story? what figure was your favorite? Did you try all the folds?