Chinese New Year - Brooklyn Children's Museum

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Activities to do with your students ACTIVITY 1 Introduction to Chinese New Year Grades: All Related Objects Hong Bao Tangerine Tree Fu Sign Firecrackers Lantern Lion Head Brass Gong Cymbals Zodiac Animals Chinese New Year celebrations happen all around the world, including many right here in New York City. Beginning in January, Chinese New Year decorations, signs, and advertisements start appearing on buses and in subways, and stores. By watching an introductory video and comparing what they see to objects from the case, students will become more familiar with the colors, symbols, and sounds of Chinese New Year. Guiding Questions 1. What is a celebration? 2. Does your family celebrate the New Year? What does your family do to celebrate? Food, activities, etc. 3. Why do people celebrate the New Year? 4. In what season of the year does the New Year occur? Chinese New Year | 12
Activities to do with your students Materials Blackboard or chart paper What Can Objects Tell Me? worksheet Paper and pencils TV and DVD player What To Do 1. Divide the class into groups of two to four students, remind them how to handle museum objects and distribute one object from the case to each group. Discuss the ways we can learn from objects just by examining them closely. 2. Using the What Can Objects Tell Me? worksheet, ask students to use all their senses (see, touch, smell, etc) to examine and become familiar with their object. As they are examining their objects ask your students to share their impressions and write them on the board. Try to organize their impressions to show similarities between objects and to help your students eventually make conclusions about the symbols and colors of the holiday. For example you can have a section to list colors, symbols, or pictures they see (such as animals, flowers, children, money), and shapes of objects. 3. Introduce the idea that all of these objects are part of a Chinese New Year celebration. Briefly discuss some of the things you might see during a celebration, such as a birthday party, and talk about how celebratory objects can vary depending on the holiday or culture. 4. Play Chapter Three of the DVD. Prompt students to look for objects in the video like the objects in the case. Remind students that they may not see their exact object, but things that have similar colors, shapes, or design. 5. After the video, ask groups to think about what they saw in the video and to share how they think their object is used in a Chinese New Year celebration. (Younger students or students with special needs may benefit from the video being paused when something similar is on the screen so you can point out the type of object and how it’s being used or use the pause to invite students to try and “spy” an object similar to their own). Chinese New Year | 13
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