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\nThe Myth Behind the Chinese Zodiac\n

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\nAccording to the Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the Year of the Rooster. But why? Viewers are treated to a retelling of The Great Race myth that details the story behind the animal signs, their arrangement on the Chinese zodiac, and the...\n
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\nYixing Teapots\n

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\nStudents study the Chinese Zodiac and use this subject matter as influence in creating Yixing teapots from clay,\n
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\nThe Chinese New Year Starts Today\n

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\nAs part of a celebration of Chinese New Year, class members research the Chinese zodiac and examine the description of the personality attributes associated with the animal of their birth year. Individuals then craft a persuasive essay...\n
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\nLions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year\n

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\nStudents 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.\n
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\nChinese New Year – Reading Comprehension\n

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\nTraditions surrounding the celebration of the Chinese New Year are the focus of a reading comprehension worksheet designed for intermediate level language learners.\n
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\nChinese New Year\n

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\nGong hei fat choy! Celebrate Chinese New Year with a variety of activities that introduce learners to the Chinese myth of the race that determined which animals earned their place the zodiac.\n
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\nAnimals of the Chinese Zodiac\n

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\nThird graders study the elements of the Chinese zodiac. They observe the placement of the animals on the zodiac chart while studying the Chinese New Year.\n
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\nChinese New Year\n

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\nStudents complete a variety of activities as they study Chinese New Year and the Chinese Zodiac. They act out a story of the Chinese Zodiac. They make several crafts including Chinese lanterns and paper fortune cookies.\n
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\nChinese Kites\n

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\nStudents identify Chinese culture and find that New Year is the most important of many Chinese holidays. Then they research many facets of the Chinese New Year celebration, and identify the symbols of the animal zodiac. Students also...\n
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\nChinese Zodiac\n

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\nFifth graders identify the basic elements of a narrative story, such as the beginning, middle, and the end; to analyze the character traits in the story to write a summary using the 5 Ws and How chart included; through sample stories...\n
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\nAnimals of the Chinese Zodiac\n

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\nIn 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.\n
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\nChinese Zodiac Matching Game\n

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\nIn this artistic worksheet, students cut out and color twelve mini Chinese zodiac pictures. Students then shuffle the cards and match them up with a partner.\n
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\nKung-hsi Fa-ts' ai! – A Chinese New Year Celebration\n

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\nLooking 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...\n
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\nThe Year of the Rabbit\n

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\nStudents explore a portion of the Chinese Zodiac with projects centered around the year of the rabbit. Students research types of rabbits, actual and fictional. Working in groups, they create a written or multimedia presentation.\n
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\nZodiac Bookmarks\n

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\nStudents explore the Chinese culture.  In this cultural lesson, students create bookmarks using the Chinese Zodiac.  Each students uses the zodiac animal from their birth year to make a bookmark. \n
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\nThe Fastest Pig in the West in the Classroom: Zodiac Signs\n

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\nStudents explore Chinese culture by reading a story with their class. In this astrology lesson, students read a chapter from the book The Fastest Pig in the West and discuss the relevance of the Chinese zodiac in modern society. Students...\n
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\nUnderstanding Chinese Culture Through Reading\n

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\nStudents examine the Chinese culture. They discuss the Chinese zodiac, identify their animal on the zodiac, listen to a Chinese folktale, and write an essay reflection on the Chinese zodiac or Chinese culture.\n
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\nChinese New Year—ESL Lesson\n

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\nLanguage learners read a passage about Chinese New Year celebrations and then complete a series of reading comprehension and grammar exercises based on the passage.\n
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\nChinese New Year\n

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\nLearners identify and present the history and legend of the Chinese New Year and respond to questions included. Students practice saying the common greetings and wishes in Chinese for the Chinese New Year. Learners identify and explain...\n
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\nChinese New Year's Day\n

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\nIn this Chinese New Year's Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...\n
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\nA Multicultural Study: Chinese New Year\n

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\nStudents 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.\n
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\nThe Chinese Zodiac\n

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\nStudents create their own personalized Zodiac page on a word processing \ndocument after researching and discussing the origins of Zodiak signs. This lesson does include resource links and may be controversial.\n
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\nThe Chinese Zodiac And The Western Zodiac\n

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\nLearners create individual horoscopes that contrast and compare Western and \nChinese views of their futures using poster boards and magic markers. In-class discussion is used to evaluate the use of the Zodiac in different cultures.\n
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\nChinese Zodiac Animals\n

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\nIn this Chinese zodiac animals worksheet, students search 12 different animals in a word search. First, they identify the various types of Chinese zodiac animals. Then, students locate and circle each word in the word search puzzle.\n
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