Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 7-10
- Formats: PDF; Google Slides or PPT
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Number of student slides: 51
- Duration of slideshow: If automatic timings for each slide are set to 45 seconds, the scrolling show will last about 38 minutes.
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- 51 PPT slides + Google™ Slides link (all text is editable)
- Recommended Reads list (1 page, editable in PDF and PPT; hand out to teachers and students)
- Basic Google Classroom directions
- How to set PPT slide timings directions
ABOUT THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD
This Lunar New Year Digital Bulletin Board mainly focuses on China (I lived in Shanghai and Suzhou from 2014-2020).
Every slide in the presentation is illustrated with brightly-colored, high-resolution clipart and photos for Grades 7+. I took several of the photos in the library lesson when I lived in China.
LUNAR NEW YEAR DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCROLLING SLIDES INCLUDE:
- weekly agenda and weekly schedule (can be for library or school announcements)
- What is Lunar New Year?
- When is Lunar New Year in 2025?
- Why do the dates of Lunar New Year vary from year to year?
- world’s largest migration of people (Chinese New Year)
- Lunar New Year is celebrated in China, Vietnam, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Singapore
- What do Asian families do to celebrate Lunar New Year?
- Lunar New Year foods
- What is hong bao? (red envelopes)
- red and gold decorations in China
- fireworks
- Chinese zodiac animals
- 2024 was the Year of the Dragon
- 2025 is the Year of the Snake
- Han zi, kanji, and Hangul (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written language)
- How many people speak Chinese?
- Great Wall of China
- ice sculptures in Harbin, China
- giant pandas in Chengdu, China
- how to give and receive hong bao (red envelopes); includes etiquette
- bullet trains
- library skill review: 900 section
- Word of the Week: dumpling and prosperity
- 3 Would-You-Rathers
- 2 Did you know…
- 2 trivia questions and answers
- 2 true or false questions with answers
- Happy birthday to… (add your student and faculty birthdays)
FREE ANNUAL UPDATES!
This was last updated on December 15, 2024. All slides and activities now reflect 2025 Lunar New Year dates and The Year of the Snake.
If you already own it, just redownload the file to get the free update. The Google Link has also been updated.
ACCESSIBILITY
All parts of this Chinese New Year Digital Bulletin Board are optimized for readability.
Here’s how:
- uses only two fonts (Arial and KG Blank Space Solid)
- Arial font is one of 8 accessibility fonts recommended by the British Dyslexia Association. It is also pre-loaded on most school computers.
- all slides feature black text on a solid white background
- no cursive fonts, fancy fonts, or random capitalizations
- body text line spacing is 1.5
- minimal text on each slide
- lots of white space on each slide
- scavenger hunt includes two versions. One is images only and requires no reading. The other is for students who can read short text well.
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