Free Lesson Plan: Leprechaun Wishes

Title/Description: St. Patrick’s Day Stationary Level: Elementary School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: St. Patrick’s Day Goals and Objectives: To introduce goal setting using art Vocabulary: Leprechaun, shamrock Materials: Construction paper, white glue, glitter, colored pencils, crayons Procedures: Day 1 Anticipatory Set: Show posters and books of images …

Chinese New Year Group Dragon

Objective: To have the class cooperate and work together to build a dragon structure in honor of Chinese New Year Background Information: Chinese New Year centers around the mythology that the beast Nian would come to villages to eat livestock, crops, and villagers. Nian was discovered to be afraid of …

Free Lesson Plan: Meshing Valentine’s Day and Chinese Culture with the Qixi Bridge

Lesson To have students show the bringing together of loved ones accomplished by bridging the gap between them Recommended Ages Elementary Background Information The Qixi bridge is a Chinese story about the cowherd and the weaver girl in Chinese mythology. Their love was forbidden, so they were banished to opposite …