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Chinese New Year

Lesson Plans
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/browse.php?term=270200000000
Audience: All ages

Teacher Vision has it covered when it comes to lesson plans for Chinese New Year. Pick a link and go to lesson plans for 14 grade levels, from Preschool to 12th grade. There are more than 200 lesson plans to pick from, many of them multi-grade.

More Lesson Plans
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4221/50633
Audience: Elementary classrooms

If you want a more extensive, say a week-long, lesson plan for Chinese New Year, Suite 101’s site is the place for you. Irene Taylor wrote a good introduction to this holiday and described its customs and traditions as a model for classroom activities. Follow the links at the bottom to learn more about traditional foods, festivals, the Chinese calendar, paper lanterns, and some great dragon pictures.

Activities
http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/social_studies/china/
Audience: Primary and elementary classrooms

ABC TEACH offers some simple reproducible bookmarks, coloring pages, and a matching game based on Chinese New Year. Here also are patterns for paper lanterns, directions for making a paper lion and other ready-to-go activities.