Students discuss the Chinese New Year and the importance of the dragon in Chinese culture. After examining pictures of dragon puppets, students create simple dragon puppets and have their own Chinese New Year parade.

Pupils investigate and discuss the use of the dragon in Chinese folktales and art in this middle school instructional activity introducing Chinese art and culture. Lesson extensions are included for additional activities.

Students construct simple dragon puppets in honor of Chinese New Year. They are introduced to Chinese mythology, make the puppets out of recycled materials and put on a show with the finished puppets.

Students read about a god, goddess, or hero and compare two images of him or her.

Students express themselves artistically while learning about China's ancient river civilizations. They are given a Dragon outline that needs to include revelant life of China. Students can do it through words or pictures. Some things...