Chinese New Year - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Chinese New Year - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Chinese New Year - Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Activities to do with your students<br />
ACTIVITY 2<br />
Make a Zodiac Calendar<br />
Grades: All<br />
Related Objects<br />
12 Zodiac Characters<br />
Using objects from the case, your class will create their own zodiac calendar to refer to for the<br />
rest of the unit. Students become familiar with the zodiac animals and a <strong>Chinese</strong> legend of how<br />
the animals were assigned to their years on the lunar calendar. The <strong>Chinese</strong> calendar is a 12<br />
year cycle with each year represented by a different animal. The animals are called zodiac signs.<br />
No one knows for sure how these animals came to be associated with the lunar calendar, but<br />
there are many legends that explain it.<br />
Guiding Questions:<br />
1. Is there only one kind of calendar? What kinds do students know about?<br />
2. How and why are they different? How are they similar?<br />
3. How does your zodiac animal reflect you? Are you like the animal? How so?<br />
4. How does their animal year make them feel?<br />
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