This is Shinichi Suzuki.  He was born in 1898 and lived till he was 99 in 1998.  This man is know for his way with the violin and for his musical education of very young students.

Through our global hero unit we learned all about Shinichi Suzuki, Japan and the Violin.  On the following pages you can see many of the things we learned.

Timeline
700 The practice of origami begins 
1500 Violin was created in Italy 
Late 1500 Japan uses hinomaru as the symbol of the country for its flag 
1707 Mt. Fuji last erupted 
1868 Japan became a modern nation
November 3, 1880 Kimigayo the national anthem begins 
1888 Suzuki’s father, Masakichi Suzuki, ran a workshop that made traditional Japanese stringed instruments. Fascinated with the violin, he made his first one in 1888. In the early 1900's he owned the first violin factory in Japan, which was also the largest in the world 
October 17, 1898 Shinichi Suzuki was born 
1915 Suzuki learns to play violin 
1920 Suzuki goes to Germany and studies with Karl Klingler he also marries Waltraud Prange
1928 Suzuki returns to Japan and forms the Suzuki Quartet with his three brothers and Shinichi Suzuki becomes a violin teacher 
1946 Suzuki went to Matsumoto where he helped start a music school, eventually named the Talent Education Research Institute
1983 International Suzuki Association (ISA) was founded and strives to encourage, promote, enlarge, and coordinate the Suzuki Method throughout the world.
January 26, 1998 Shinichi Suzuki dies at the age of 99

What we learned about Suzuki:

“He’s plays the violin.  He used chopsticks.” -Josh

“Suzuki was born in October 1898 and he died when he was 99 yrs old.” -Isis

“His culture, how they sleep and how they eat.  He lived to be 99yrs old.” -Katie

“He died the same year that I was born. Also, he could teach children music at age 3.” -Victoria

“He could teach children to learn to play at the age of 2-3yrs old.” -Zach