Looking for ideas for your Lunar New Year celebration? Check out an interdisciplinary unit of study that includes lessons in counting, calligraphy, culture, geography, literature, art, and music. Kung-hsi Fa-ts' ai! (May you become rich!)

Concepts

the chinese calendar, chinese culture, the chinese zodiac

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Preview all six segments of the special to determine how much of and which parts of the Big Bird in China video you want to use 
• Pick the parts of the packet most appropriate to your learning situation
• Bring in a Suan Pan, a Chinese abacus, for class members to examine
• Have class members create their abacus

Classroom Considerations

• While designed for primary learners, many of the activities are appropriate for most grade levels
• The six segments of the 75-minute special can be found on YouTube

Pros

• The 71-page packet includes background information, readings, worksheets, graphic organizers, lists of resources, and rubrics for the various activities
• The lessons may be used separately 

Cons

• No links are provided to the various resources