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International Holidays
Second graders explore the holidays of different cultures. In this culture lesson, 2nd graders knowledge about various holidays. Students play a matching game with the name of the holiday and the description. Students research one of the...
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A Multicultural Study: Chinese New Year
Learners study the customs and beliefs of the Chinese people as they experience Chinese New Year; students become aware that they live on one planet but their festivals and holidays vary.
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Chinese New Year
Third graders discuss with the teacher what they know about the Chinese New Year and then watch a video on the topic. They then discuss what they learned about Chinese New Year and then they refer to their January booklet to cut out a...
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Chinese New Year
Students explore the Chinese New Year celebration. Through the use of interactive video and the Internet, they will examine the sequence of events that occur during the preparation and festivities. Students compare the Chinese New Year...
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Celebrating Chinese Culture: Legends & Myths, Chinese New Year, Customs & Traditions
Students read books about other cultures and explore their customs and traditions. They discuss the meanings of myths and legends and then brainstorm examples of stories that fit the description. Students experience hands-on activities...
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Happy Chinese New Year!
For this Chinese New Year worksheet, students visit a site on the Internet to participate in a scavenger hunt to answer five questions with a word bank.
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Chinese Dragons
Students use texture, line, shape, pattern and color to create their own dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.
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Addition Facts (Chinese New Year Puzzle)
In this math worksheet, students solve 15 basic addition facts with sums up to 20. Using the answers and the code key, students decipher the secret message about Chinese New Year.
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Chinese New Year Celebration
In this Chinese New Year worksheet, students color the pictures of the Chinese New Year and cut them out to make a book in the correct order. Students complete this for 6 pages.
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Chinese Lantern
Students examine a TV episode about a young girl who is upset that she may have to move to Hong Kong. They watch as a friend tries to make her comfortable with the move by introducing her to Chinese New Year's celebrations. They make...
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Sparkling Dragon
Students investigate the Chinese New Year and the role of the dragon as a character that is associated with it. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to have discussion and create drawings...
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Animals of the Chinese Zodiac
In this Chinese zodiac instructional activity, students unscramble the letters in 12 words to spell the names of Chinese animals in the zodiac. There is a word bank.
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Multicultural Holidays Through Student Artwork
An ESL class writes a description of an aspect of a holiday from another country. They illustrate their description and present their finished work product to their classmates.Â
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Holidays Around the World
Pupils use the internet to gather information about holidays around the world. They create a calendar with all of the holidays outlined and calculate the percentages of countries who celebrate each one. They design a greeting card to...
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Chinese Parade Lions or Dragons
Students view a video on Chinese dragons or lions that are used in Chinatowns in the United States. With construction paper, they create the face and body of either animal giving it a tongue, eyes, ears, etc. They attach a stick to...
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Chinese New Year Activity
In this Chinese New Year worksheet, students color a picture of a dragon and write about things they would like to have happen in the coming year.
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Chinese New Year: Lai-See Envelopes Lesson Plan
Students are introduced to the purpose behind the Chinese New Year celebration. As a class, they examine different traditions focusing on the Lai-See envelopes. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, they make their own envelopes...
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Chinese New Year: Paper Lanterns Lesson Plan
First graders examine a typical Chinese New Year celebration. As a class, they identify the traditions and values used and discuss how they are unique to China. To end the lesson plan, they take measurements to make their own paper...
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Chinese New Year
Sixth graders examine the culture and celebrations associated with Chinese New Year in this unit of lessons
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Chinese Shadow Puppet Play
Students experience through role-play the art of shadow puppetry and appreciate the role of oral traditions in Chinese history. They research the origins and history of puppetry as a part of a unit on China. They discover what Chinese...
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CHINESE NEW YEAR: RESEARCH
In this research worksheet, students first write two questions about Chinese New Year. They then do research on their own. Finally, students write an essay containing facts they discovered.
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Make a Chinese Lantern
In this holiday art worksheet, learners follow instructions to make a Chinese lantern using red construction paper. They add red or yellow construction paper strips on the lantern as decorations. They may add Chinese Happy New Year...
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Fortune Cookies Motivate Writing
Fortune cookies are used as motivation for a story. In this creative writing lesson, young writers review the six traits process. They discuss interesting characters, setting, problem and solution in a story. Original stories based on...
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Webquest: Thanksgiving
Class members use the Internet to research the history of Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada, as well as the traditions surrounding the Thanksgiving-style celebrations of the Hebrews, the Chinese, and in Ancient Greece and Rome.