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Discover and Celebrate the Chinese New Year
Spring into Chinese New Year with a look at the history, food, and traditions associated with this holiday.
Richmond
Chinese New Year – Reading Comprehension
Traditions surrounding the celebration of the Chinese New Year are the focus of a reading comprehension worksheet designed for intermediate level language learners.
Curated OER
Lions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year
Learners examine the major differences between earstern and western dragons and their association with the Chinese New Year. They view and discuss a video, read New Year poems, explore various websites, and create a lion mask.
Curated OER
Chinese New Year
Students investigate the celebration of Chinese New Year. In this Chinese New Year lesson, students discuss their favorite holiday before listening to a read aloud about Chinese New Year. They make red envelopes that are filled with play...
Peabody Essex Museum
Chinese New Year Celebrations
Gong He Xin Xi! Happy New Year! Planning a Lunar New Year/Spring Festival Celebration? Check out the activities and resources in a packet that encourages pupils to research the cultural values and traditional practices associated with...
Curated OER
A Multicultural Study: Chinese New Year
Students 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.
Curated OER
Chinese New Year
Students identify and participate in three traditional activities used during Chinese New Year celebrations.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Chinese New Year
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Chinese New Year. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Music From China
In this music activity, students learn how Chinese people use music in their festivals. Kids read a paragraph explaining why Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale. Students locate 16 words pertaining to Chinese music in a word search...
Curated OER
Customs
Learners explore Chinese New Year. In this Chinese culture lesson plan, students read associated literature and use worksheets to explore aspects of the Chinese New Year. Learners complete this lesson plan by making and hanging paper...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
Chinese New Year
Sixth graders examine the culture and celebrations associated with Chinese New Year in this unit of lessons
Curated OER
Picnics-- Chinese Style
Third graders explore about the Chinese rituals of poetry competition. They compare and contrast Chinese picnics with American picnics. Students create short poems, celebrating their own spring poetry picnic. They discuss words or...
Curated OER
Blooming Thermometers
Students study phenology, or the study of climate change. They research the Japanese springtime festival of Hanami and plot and interpret average cherry blossom bloom date data from the past 1100 years.
Curated OER
Sam and the Lucky Money
Third graders read the story Sam and the Lucky Money. In this reading lesson, 3rd graders discuss the story. Students write in a reader's response journal as they read the story.
Curated OER
The Egg and Symbolism with the Christian Easter
In this language arts and religion learning exercise, learners read an informative page about the symbolism of the egg in the Christian Easter. Students answer 6 questions. This page is from the UK.
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group
China Internet Information Center: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
An article about how the Chinese celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year.
Curated OER
China Internet Information Center: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
An article about how the Chinese celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Animals of the Chinese New Year
Intended for young students, this instructional activity on the symbolism, significance, and animals of Chinese New can be easily changed to fit the needs of older students. This website provides several links for further research on...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Animals of the Chinese New Year
Intended for young students, this lesson on the symbolism, significance, and animals of Chinese New can be easily changed to fit the needs of older students. This website provides several links for further research on Chinese Dragons,...
Other
Christmas Around the World: Christmas in China
A brief description of Chinese Christmas celebrations, as well as the celebration of the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids History: Festivals in Ancient China
Students learn about the Festivals of Ancient China including the Chinese New Year and Spring, Lantern, Qingming, Dragon Boat, and the Night of Sevens on this site.
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Ancient China
This large site is a personal site from teachers Don and Lin Donn that contains information on life during the Shang & Chou Dynasties. It is divided into sections about: family, ancestor worship, oracle bones, kings and nobles,...