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Title: Asian American New Year Festivals and Celebrations A Fourth Grade Curriculum


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Asian American New Year Festivals and
CelebrationsA Fourth Grade Curriculum
  • Laura Haburn, Andrew Loo, Mohamad Omar, Pang
    Vang, Xiong Yang

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Chinese New YearLesson One Outline
  • Explain the history of the celebration
  • Talk about the 12 zodiac animals
  • Discuss who is what animal and what it means by
    being a dog, rabbit, snake, etc.
  • Explain why Chinese New Year is important to the
    Chinese Culture.

3
Chinese New YearLesson Two Outline
  • Discuss what families do during the holiday
  • Compare Chinese New Year in America to the
    traditional celebration in China
  • Discuss Chinese New Year Greetings in Hong Kong,
    spoken in Cantonese
  • Lucky Character coloring activity

4
Chinese New YearLearning Objectives
  • Students will recognize that different groups of
    people celebrate holidays unique to their own
  • Students will learn the concept of tradition
  • Students will learn that people from different
    cultures can have an impact on them

5
Hindu New YearLesson Three Outline
  • Introduction
  • Talk about the Five Days of Diwali and the Gods,
    Goddesses and Demons.
  • Discuss the main things in Diwali like diyas,
    sweets, aarti, rangolis and firecrackers.
  • Discuss about the things that most Hindu people
    do during Diwali festival like the rituals and
    puja, decorating houses with torans and rangolis
    and visiting family members.

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Hindu New YearLesson Four Outline
  • Revise the vocabulary that they learned during
    the previous lesson
  • Give pictures and play a mix match game
  • Bring in some sample sweets, firecrackers, or
    saris that Indian women wear
  • Give handout of rangolis pattern and have them
    color it

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Hmong New YearLesson Five Outline
  • Explain where the celebration is celebrated
  • Hmong New Year activities food, meeting friends,
    watching performances, etc.
  • Discuss the kinds of clothing worn

8
Hmong New YearLesson Six Outline
  • Create a Hmong American New Year
  • Incorporate information from last lesson to
    compare and contrast current Hmong American New
    Year with traditional celebrations.

9
Hmong New YearLearning Objectives
  • Exposing the students to a new and different
    culture
  • Allowing the students to learn about how
    traditions can change over time

10
Japanese New YearLesson Seven Outline
  • Introduce the lesson
  • Pass out a sheet with all the different
    aspects/traditions of the Japanese New Year and
    have them write down key things about each
    tradition
  • Talk about the Japanese New Year or give handouts
    to the kids.
  • Ask each student to share what they thought was
    the most interesting about the lesson
  • If there is time, play a song regarding the new
    years season

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Japanese New YearLesson Eight Outline
  • Introduce the tradition of the new year greeting
    card in Japan. Have a print out for each student
    of the background and information of the event
  • Introduce and give directions for the activity
  • Hand out or have projected sample cards, the
    Asian zodiac chart, and sample phrases in
    Japanese
  • Let them work and have fun with the cards!

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Japanese New YearLearning Objectives
  • Cultural understanding
  • Listening and reading comprehension
  • Foreign language exposure
  • Decision making with the message imagery
  • Hands on work
  • Mental math exercises

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Japanese New YearGreeting Card Examples
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Thai New YearLesson Nine Outline
  • Learn about the history of the Thai New Year
  • Learn about how the Thai New Year is celebrated
    in Thailand
  • Compare Thai traditions with current traditions
    in America

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Thai New YearLesson Ten Outline
  • Lesson Ten will consist of several activities
  • The students will use the information that they
    have learned to create their own version of the
    Thai New Year
  • They will make a picture book of how they would
    celebrate
  • During this time, they can listen to Thai New
    Years music to get them in the mood of the
    celebration
  • They will present their work in front of the
    entire class
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