Chinese+New+Year


 * A schedule of when the New Year begins in [|every year here].
 * 2009 was the Year of the Ox, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, and 2011 is Year of the Rabbit.
 * You might also be interested in [|The Best Sites For Learning About China].

Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Chinese New Year:
 * Read this British Council talking story about the [|Chinese New Year].
 * [|The History Channel] has an excellent site on the Chinese New Year.
 * PBS Kids has a series of [|Chinese New Year games] students can play.
 * Watch a slideshow of a[| Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco].
 * Send a Chinese New Year’s eCard from [|Blue Mountain] or a New Year’s greeting from [|American Greetings]. You can post links to student-created cards on teacher/student webpages.
 * [|Chinese New Year Resources From Topmarks] has a number of accessible materials available.
 * Here’s a [|Chinese New Year game] for English Language Learners.
 * [| Building new memories for the Lunar New Year] is a CNN video.
 * [|Chinese New Year] is another CNN video.

Here are some new Chinese New Year resources for ELL’s from the British Council:
 * [|Listen to, and read, a song] about Chinese New Year.
 * Apples 4 The Teacher has a [|nice interactive that students can use to learn what animal is influencing their life] because of the year you were born.

Here are [|images and videos] from the San Francisco Chronicle about a Chinese New Year mini-parade in Chinatown.
 * EL Civics has developed a [|Chinese New Year Lesson] specifically for English Language Learners.
 * A New York Times [|slideshow] and [|a video] on the Chinese New Year celebration.
 * The S.F. Chronicle has a [|special page filled with slideshows and videos] about present and past Chinese New Year celebrations.
 * [|The Lunar New Year] is the title of a series of photos from The Sacramento Bee.

Year of the Ox (2009):
 * The Boston Globe’s Big Picture has a great group of photos on [|Chinese New Year: Welcoming The Ox.]
 * [|Year Of The Ox] is the title of a Wall Street Journal slideshow.
 * TIME Magazine also has a [|Chinese New Year slideshow].
 * MSNBC has a [|video showing global celebrations] of the Chinese New Year.
 * [|Ushering In The Year Of The Ox] is a slideshow from Radio Free Asia.
 * [|ESL Holiday Lessons] has an online lesson on the holiday designed for English Language Learners.
 * [|Chinese New Year] is the simple title of a variety of listening exercises from ELLO.
 * [|The Great Race] is an accessible talking story from the British Council.
 * [|The Kent ICT Website] has a number of New Year materials.
 * [|Chinese New Year Photos] comes from CBS News.
 * [|Tigers, Penguins Celebrate New Year]is a video from CBS.

Year of the Tiger (2010):
 * [| Year Of The Tiger] is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.
 * [|Year Of The Tiger] is a slideshow from Reuters.
 * The Orange County Register has a slideshow of an [|elementary school celebration of the Year of the Tiger.]
 * [|Year of the tiger: Chinese lunar new year celebrations around the world in pictures] is from The Telegraph.
 * [|Welcoming the Year of the Tiger] is from the Boston Globe’s Big Picture.

Year of the Rabbit (2011): In 2011, February l7th //“is observed as the Lantern Festival – the 15th and final day of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities. The holiday is the most important annual celebration in China, when the nation largely shuts down as families gather together for reunions and feasts. More than 2.5 billion passenger trips by air, rail, bus or sea are taken around the holiday, according to the Chinese government. The Lantern Festival, or Yuan Xiao Jie, will complete the welcoming of the Year of the Rabbit – from the Chinese zodiac, indicating a year of caution and calm, with a quiet underlying strength and determination.”//
 * [|Here Comes The Rabbit] is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.
 * [|Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rabbit] is a series of photos from The Sacramento Bee.
 * [|Chinese New Year 2011] is from The Big Picture.
 * This is from The Atlantic:
 * The Atlantic has [|some great pictures], as does [|the Wall Street Journal.]
 * The San Francisco Chronicle has plenty of [|photos from the city’s Year of the Rabbit parade].

Year of the Dragon (2012):
 * [|The Year Of The Dragon] is a TIME slideshow.
 * [|In pictures: Chinese New Year] is from The BBC.
 * [|Chinese New Year Celebrations in Los Angeles] is a slideshow from the L.A. Times.
 * [|Year of the Dragon] is a slideshow from The LA Times.
 * [|Lunar New Year 2012] is a Boston Globe slideshow.
 * [|Chinese Lunar New Year 2012] is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.