Teaching Themes
Chinese New Year: Everything You Need
Research and appreciate the most widely celebrated holiday on earth with these purposeful activities from across the curriculum.
Web Hunt: China Yesterday and Today
Grades 3–5 | Asia | Ceremony and Tradition | World History
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Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Asia | Asian history | Asian-American Month
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Chinese New YearPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Book Resources From lantern festivals to landscape scroll paintings, some colorful activity ideas and resources to help you celebrate the Chinese New Year Save To Organizer |
Chinese Inventions and the Chinese New YearGrades 1–2 | Activities and Games | Listening Comprehension | Unit Plans | Acceptance Offers a unit plan for teaching students all about chinese culture and history, covering inventions in science, technology,textiles, and... Save To Organizer |
Chinese New Year CelebrationGrades 1–2 | Chinese New Year | Crafts | Culture and Diversity | Food and Cooking Puppet making, traditional foods, dragon dances and other fun activities for your Chinese New Year festivities Save To Organizer |
Gung Hey Fat Choy: Chinese New YearPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Asian and Asian American | Chinese New Year Kindergarten Teacher Andrea J. Spillett shares how her class celebrates Chinese New Year. Save To Organizer |
Comparing LifestylesGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Lesson Plans | Research Skills | Asia Students learn about China from literature. Then they compare and contrast their lifestyle to the life of a Chinese child. Save To Organizer |
Lon Po Po: A Chinese Fairytale Lesson PlanGrades 3–5 | Grades 1–2 | Reading Comprehension | Writing Activities | Book Resources Allows students to compare the popular fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood to a similar Chinese tale, Lon Po Po. Explores the similarities... Save To Organizer |
Chinese Cultural WebQuestGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Computer Lab Activities | Online Learning Activities Allows students to research different cultural aspects of China. After researching information, students group together to create posters... Save To Organizer |
Asian Culture Arts & Crafts: An Asian American Heritage ActivityPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Online Learning Activities | Asian Young students can study Asian culture by learning about zodiac signs, sun kites, and calligraphy with these fun, printable activities. Save To Organizer |
CyberHunt: Ancient ChinaPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Ancient Civilizations Internet-based activities that bring some of the history and accomplishments of ancient chinese culture into your classroom. Save To Organizer |
ChinaGrades 3–5 | Writing Process | Holidays This content resource presents a Chinese myth. Students read the myth of Huang Di, the ancient Yellow Emperor, battling the oxen-horned... Save To Organizer |
Celebrating the Chinese New Year!PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Compare and Contrast | Book Resources Informational books, stories, teacher resources, and websites for celebrating Chinese new Year. Save To Organizer |
So Much to Celebrate!Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Chinese New Year New books for reading aloud on Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, and President’s Day Save To Organizer |












