We first became acquainted with the story of the 1,000 paper cranes when we saw a “flock” of the origami birds at the home of a good friend. An ancient legend says that if a sick person folds 1,000 ...

Participate in Asia Society's 1,000 Cranes for Hope project by joining our Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator, Nina Shimaguchi, in a live step-by-step tutorial for folding an origami crane, or ...

Three Columbus fifth-graders just wrapped up three months of making 1,000 origami cranes in a wish for world peace. Along the way, the Clinton Elementary students picked up some very grown-up lessons ...

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about peace. Ask your students to make sense of the photograph by ...