Extra assignment

As a mean of thanking you for taking this class, we have an extra credit homework, so in case you missed making one of your origami folding or comment responses before, you can get an extra 5%  (this does not count for the unit evaluation tests)


No instructions this time, so be careful following the video! Feel free to decorate and experiment with your origami shoe!

Unit 3 Test

Unit 3 Grader

Please choose the correct answer, at the end of your test, send it to anon12589@gmail.com, thank you.

Therapists have concluded that origami can be used as a(n)_____? . Psychometric tool . diagnostic tool . overly eficient tool . experimental tool Origami does not deal with which of the following educational aspect? . Reading . Mathematic . Physical Children with disabilities usually score at average or above average in IQ tests . True . False Other than to pass the time, what is origami used for? . as an observation technique . as a relaxation technique . as an interaction technique What is one of the most important ideas of origami? . Beauty . Nature . Symbolism . Geometry Other than festivals and web pages dedicated to origami, what else has it inspired? . Car Design . Kite Design . Fashion Desing . Boat Design Origami?s ramifications are present in all of the following except for? . Business . Mathematics . Aviation . Arts Into what symbols did Sadako?s disease and life turn her into? . Peace and prosperity . Prosperity and determination . Peace and determination How many cranes was Sadako able to fold in her life? . 1000 . 64 . 644 . 944 During which war did the dropping of the atomic bomb occur? . WWI . WWII . Vietnam War . Bay Of Pigs . Cold War . Between WWI and WWII . After WWII

Origami and Social Studies - Activity

This lessons homework is as follows:

In honor of sadako and the meaning of her story for all the people who have been victims of war (specially children), you will make a paper crane, one of the most iconic figures in origami, and no easy feat for the beginners (that why we have made the other figures before!) The catch is: you cant make it with color or white paper, you have to decorate your square of paper! You can try coloring it, using a special paper or decorating the crane after built for example. As always, upload your picture (including a piece of paper with your name and date) and post it on the comments section

Here is a video of the crane folding

Origami and Social Studies

Origami, having such a vast cultural background, has influenced many people through time, with obvious ramifications like art, mathematics and even aviation!

It can also serve as an example of tool of sensitization, such as the history of Sadako and the thousand cranes. Based on the story of a little girl who fell victim of a horrible disease, and transformed her life into an icon of peace and determination.

On this class I have a video for you to watch, but it's in spanish so I also put the written story of Sadako


The History of Sadako

Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home by Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. 

Sadako was at home when the explosion occurred, about one mile from Ground Zero, she was blown out of the window and her mother ran out to find a child, she suspected she may be dead but she found her two year old daughter alive. In November 1954, Sadako developed swellings on her neck and behind her ears. In January 1955, purple spots had formed on her legs. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with leukemia (her mother referred to it as "an atom bomb disease"). She was hospitalized on February 21, 1955, and given, at the most, a year to live.

Several years after the atomic bomb, an increase in leukemia was observed especially among children. By the early 1950s it was clear that the leukemia was caused by radiation exposure.

On August 3, 1955, Sadako's best friend Chizuko Hamamoto came to the hospital to visit, and cut a golden piece of paper into a square to fold it into a paper crane, in reference to the ancient Japanese story that promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the Gods. A popular version of the story is that Sadako fell short of her goal of folding 1,000 cranes, having folded only 644 before her death, and that her friends completed the 1,000 and buried them all with her. This comes from the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. An exhibit which appeared in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum stated that by the end of August, 1955, Sadako had achieved her goal and continued to fold more cranes.

Though she had plenty of free time during her days in the hospital to fold the cranes, she lacked paper. She would use medicine wrappings and whatever else she could scrounge up. This included going to other patients' rooms to ask to use the paper from their get-well presents. Chizuko would bring paper from school for Sadako to use.

During her time in the hospital her condition progressively worsened. Around mid-October her left leg became swollen and turned purple. After her family urged her to eat something, Sadako requested tea on rice and remarked "It's good." Those were her last words. With her family around her, Sadako died on the morning of October 25, 1955 at the age of 12.

What are the consequences of war? What have we learned from the atomic bomb? How can folding origami cranes send a peace message to the world?




Please write your answers on the comment section. Again, this will count towards your final grade.