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MATERIALS YOU'LL NEED: Paper for thank you notes. (TALK TO TEACHER ABOUT WHO WILL BE CONTINUING TO PLAY, FIGURE OUT NEW SCHEDULE AND WHERE YOU WILL BE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING.) 9x9 demo board, class Go sets. Bring the book "Go Problems for Beginners, Vol. One" or another book with suitable problems.

1. THANK YOUS - have the kids write thank you's to the AGA or the AGF, whichever is appropriate. Explain they should add a few lines about what they particularly enjoyed about the game. While they are writing their notes, talk to the teacher: explain that this is the sixth week, have her poll the class after you leave about who wants to continue. Explain that after this week, it will be a pull out enrichment class for interested students. See how many want to continue playing, decide what to do from here depending on the numbers.)

2.Do a few Go problems: 23, 25, 29, 42, 43, 44 from "GO PROBLEMS FOR BEGINNERS" are good . Make sure you give them problems they can get easily, don't try too many hard ones.

3. Entertain them with a bit of Go lore. Any interesting stories you may know about the game, it's history, famous matches, etc. Kids love to hear stories. I like to tell them about the Atomic Bomb game, or about Jujo winning the four games in a row during the first China - Japan supermatch after the Cultural revolution. Here's the basics on the atomic bomb game story:

(Actually, there's a great story about the pilot who dropped the actual bomb on the Tokyo Go Center, he became a Go player after the War. When he learned the date the club had been bombed, he realized he had been bombing in the area and went and pulled out his old bombing maps, and realized he was very likely the actual person who dropped the bomb that destroyed the go center. Since the war, he discovered Go, and loves all things Japanese, and shakes his head about the craziness of war.)

So, the players went to Hiroshima.
The police chief had warned them not to play in the city. There was a big ammunitions deposit in Hiroshima, they knew the city was a military target. To lose Japan's top Go players would be a tragedy, and the police chief did not want to risk their lives. However, he had to go away for a few days, and they took advantage of his absence to play the first game. Each game took three days.

Game 1 was won by Iwamoto.The players ignored the rain of bullets on the roof as the city is strafed while they play.
The chief was furious upon his return and, threatened to arrest them if they played in the city again. This saved their lives.
The second game (played Aug. 4-6) was played in a friend's home who lived in an outer suburb of Hiroshima. On the third day of the second game, the bomb fell. The windows shattered, the stones were blown off the board. They thought the munitions deposit had been blown up. They replaced the stones and finished the game. Hashimoto won by 5 points. Later, when the survivors came streaming out of the city, they realized what had happened. The next year, first two moves of the Honinbo were played in Hiroshima as a memorial service for the dead before the title matches returned to Tokyo.

4. Play games. Have them play individually if they think they can understand when the games are over, how to count, and so forth.