Chinese New Year: Paper Lanterns Lesson Plan
1. Lesson Overview


A Lesson for Eastwood Elementary, Students ages 5-7, Grade 1
Designed by Loren Fawcett, Education Assistant, Allen Memorial Art Museum

Theme/Subject

• Chinese New Year
• Chinese Lantern Festival
• Chinese paper lanterns

Objectives/Concepts

1. Students will recognize that the traditions and values attributed to Chinese New Year and its celebration are unique and valid.
2. Students will recognize that holidays originate from a variety of different backgrounds, legends, or traditions.
3. Students will recognize that legends are a way of explaining our perception of the world in which we live.
4. Students will practice using a ruler and measuring.

Academic Content Standards

National

1. Visual Arts
• NVA 1.4: Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner
• NVA 2.3: Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas
• NVA 3.2: Students select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicatemeaning
• NVA 4.1: Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures


2. Social Studies
• NSS-USH.K-4.4 The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World: Understand selected attributes and historical developments of societies in Asia


3. Languages
• NL-ENG.K-12.9 Multicultural Understanding: Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.

Ohio State Standards

1. Visual Arts
• Benchmark 1A: Recognize and describe visual art forms and artworks from various times and places.
• Benchmark 1B: Use historical artworks such as paintings, photographs and drawings to answer questions about daily life in the past
• Benchmark 2B: Establish and communicate a purpose for creating artworks. Identify, select and use art elements and principles to express emotions and produce a variety of visual effects.


2. Social Studies
• Social Studies Skills and Methods Obtaining Information Benchmark A1: Obtain information from oral, visual, and print sources.

Vocabulary

Chinese Lantern
a collapsible translucent covering for a light

Chinese New Year
the first day of the lunar new year; the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people; often referred to as the spring festival as it signifies the beginning of spring.

Cylinder
tube shape

Translucent
almost transparent; see-through; something that lets most light through, but not all



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