CONCEPT MAP

English
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Chinese myths and legends

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Read and write about the
superstitions
Write your own Chinese horoscope
Write your own Chinese restaurant
menu
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Traditional Chinese rhyme
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Write your own red envelope

(option 1)

Religious Education / Spiritual

Education
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look at cultural differences between celebrations in

Australia and Asia.
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Learn what people

Maths

- Chinese calendar
- Chinese numbers and days of the
week
- Word problem
- Tangram Art
- Sagwa Tangrams: Ancient Chinese
Puzzles
- Working with money from red
envelope

Concept: Chinese New Year Term: 1

Weeks: 1-3

The University of Notre Dame 2010 developed by C McGunnigle

Science / Technology & Enterprise

Health & Physical Education

Creating a dragon out of recycled materials

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Fortune cookies
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Making Chinese food and practice eating with chopsticks
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Making costumes
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Learning about Chinese inventions
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- learn about the biology of the animals in the Chinese Zodiac

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Geography

Comparing the location of Asia

and Australia
The Great Wall of China
Comparisons of other countries
in Asia
Chinese flag

History

Refer to Spiderscribe

- Lion Dance
- Fortune cookies
Traditional Chinese game

The Arts
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Lion Dance
Making lanterns
Making Dragon
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Chinese drum
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Making traditional costumes
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Chinese calligraphy
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Make a dragon puppet
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Chinese music exposure
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Making a fan
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- make a red envelope
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TERM/WEEKS: 1/1-3

YEAR LEVEL: 3

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM HISTORY

General Capabilities:
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures


LESSON

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: History and English

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Historical Historical
Skills
Knowledge &
Understanding


ACHASSK06 ACHASSI05
5
2

Critical and creative

thinking

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE

1.

2.

3.

Ethical Behaviour

Students will
identify different
celebrations
themselves and
other cultures
around the world
celebrate.
Students will
explore the
celebration of
Chinese New Year
including the
symbols and
customs behind
the celebration
Students will use
iPads and various
technology tools
to complete the
tasks.

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

Anecdotal notes
Lesson One: Celebrations around the world and
on students
introduction to Chinese New Year.
participation in
Introduction
class and answer
a) Discussion on the mat in front of the IWB about
garden discussion.
celebrations around the world.
a. Celebrations are a big part of human life.
Everyone will experience many
celebrations each year. What are some
celebrations that you take part in?
i. Birthdays, birth of a new baby,
baptism, weddings, New Years
ii. Australian celebrations- Anzac
Day, Australia Day, Sorry Day,
NAIDOC week.
iii. Cultural/religious celebrations-
Christmas, Easter, Ramadan,
Chinese New Year, Diwali, Moon
Festival, St Patricks Day, Bastille
Day, Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah.
b. Students will watch video that teacher
has made on iMovie
c. Students use their iPads to access the
class history website.
i. They go to the lesson one link
and the answer garden
brainstorm is embedded on the
page.

KEY
QUESTIONS

-What are
some
celebrations
that you take
part in?
-How does
your family
celebrate the
New Year?
















-Who has
celebrated

RESOURCES

-IWB
-1-to-1 iPads
-Computer
-iMovie
previously made
by teacher
-Class history
website (
http://year3hist
ory.weebly.com/
)
-Answer Garden
-Padlet
-KidBlog
-Videos
-QR Code
Generator-
http://www.qr-
code-
generator.com/#


Lesson Steps
b) How does your family celebrate the New Year?
i. The students then go onto the
class website and use the Padlet
to post their New Years
experiences. Students have the
option to upload relevant
photos.
c) Students then write a short blog post on KidBlog
on a celebration they have experienced.
d) Discussion with students about Chinese New
Year.
a. Who has celebrated Chinese New Year
before?
b. When is it celebrated?
c. Why is it celebrated?
d. What symbols and are associated with
Chinese New Year?
e. We celebrate new years at the end of the
year in December. The Chinese celebrate
their New Year at the beginning of
February.
e) Watch videos on history.com website about
Chinese New Year
a. http://www.history.com/topics/holidays
/chinese-new-year
b. http://www.history.com/topics/holidays
/chinese-new-year/videos/history-of-
the-holidays-chinese-new-year
f) Students will be separated in to groups of three.
These groups will be used for all the following
lessons on Chinese New Year. In groups, students
create QR codes that connect to a fact of Chinese
New Year.
a. Students use their iPads to create the
code on http://www.qr-code-
generator.com
b. Students then move around the
classroom scanning other codes and
reading the other groups facts.
Conclusion
g) Class discussion about the facts they have
scanned
h) Discussion about the different traditions of the
15-day celebration

Chinese New
Year before?
When and why
is it celebrated?
What are some
symbols or
stories of
Chinese new
year?

















What are some
of the facts you
scanned about
Chinese New
Year? Had you
heard about
any of the facts
before?
What are some
of the parts of
the 15 day
festival for
Chinese New
Year?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

The lion or dragon dance

Fireworks
The colour red
Lucky foods
Red envelopes
The lantern festival

Learning diversity:
a) Student hard of hearing. Earphones will be
supplied for the video and app. Additional
subtitles on the video if needed. Students will be
placed at an appropriate distance to the
computer.
b) Personalised reward system for student with
Autism.
c) Extension for gifted students, to work through the
games and activities on the early finishers tab on
Weebly.

General Capabilities:
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures


LESSON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Historical Historical
Skills
Knowledge &
Understanding
ACHHK06
ACHHS071
4

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM HISTORY

Critical and creative
thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

1. Students will
identify the
different Chinese
Zodiacs and explore
their origin.

2. Students will
engage in the
meaning
underpinning the
zodiacs and the
morals attached to
them, using an
interactive app and
Popplet.

3. Students will
design an Avatar to
represent a new
sign in the Chinese
Zodiac and to create
a myth or legend
about the symbol.

4. Students will use
ICT skills to upload
Avatar and
narrative on to
Kidblog.

Detailed Popplet

KidBlog Entries

Completed
TitanPad

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

Lesson Two: The Chinese New Year and The

Chinese Zodiac.

Introduction

Revision of Chinese new year, class
discussion to be conducted to determine
prior knowledge and what can be
remembered from the previous lesson.
Focus for this lesson is the Chinese
Zodiac, the symbols and how they
originated.
Show video: YouTube video, Fortune
Tales: The Story of Chinese New Year.
Short discussion about video clip.

Lesson Steps:
Part 1
On IPads students to play on the
interactive App, The Emperor's Quest at
The Chinese Garden individually.
Students to identify the different zodiacs
and explore their origin.
In their groups students to create a
mindmap using Popplet detailing the 12
animals of the Chinese Zodiac and to
input one to two interesting facts about
each one.
Part 2

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURCES

What have we learnt about

Chinese New Year already
in our first lesson?

Does anyone know or
understand what it means
to have good morals?

After watching the video
clip do we have a greater
understanding into morals
and the origin of the
animals which form the
Chinese Zodiac? They all
have different
characteristics.




While you are finding out
about the animals that
make up the Chinese
Zodiac see if you can find
out what animal
represents the year you
were born? Think about its
characteristics.

Computer








https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=_u-R-aIq3_E





-1-to-1 iPads

https://itunes.ap
ple.com/au/app
/emperors-
quest-at-
chinese/id88608
8798?mt=8

http://popplet.c
om/app/#/hom
e


5. Students will
reflect on lesson
using TitanPad.

6. Students will
engage in
cooperative group
work.

When developing your
zodiacs think what morals
you would like them to
have or any other
interesting characteristics.

Your zodiac can be based

on a real animal or
completely made up using

the body parts of different
Closure:
animals.


Class discussion and reflection: Students

to use TitanPad as a tool for their class

discussion and reflection. Students to
answer question and reflect on the lesson. Using TitanPad outline
- Question: Using TitanPad outline three three interesting facts that
you learnt today. Reflect
interesting facts that you learnt today.
on todays lesson, what
Reflect on todays lesson, what you
enjoyed, or found hard and what ICT tool you enjoyed, or found hard
and what ICT tool you
you enjoyed using the most.
enjoyed using the most.

Using Build Your Wild Self students are to

design an Avatar representing a new
Chinese Zodiac. Students are to develop a
character and background for their new
zodiac symbol.
The new zodiac is to be uploaded on to
Kidblog and the background and
character to be written up as a blog post.

Learning diversity:
d) Student hard of hearing. Earphones will
be supplied for the video and app.
Additional subtitles on the video if
needed. Students will be placed at an
appropriate distance to the computer.
e) Personalised reward system for student
with Autism.
f) Extension for gifted students, to work
through the games and activities on the
early finishers tab on Weebly.

http://www.buil
dyourwildself.co
m/



http://kidblog.or
g/home/





https://titanpad.
com/

General Capabilities:
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures


LESSON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Historical Historical
Skills
Knowledge &
Understanding
(ACHHK06 (ACHHS068)
4)

(ACHHS071)

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURCES

1. Students will
identify and explain
important traditions
of Chinese New Year.

2. Students will
demonstrate topic
knowledge using ICT
tools.

3. Students will
engage in cooperative
group work.

Anecdotal notes
about students
understanding of
Chinese New Year
during the class.

Completion of
SpiderScribe &
PicCollage/KidBlo
g

Quiz results from
Kahoot.

Lesson Three: The traditions of Chinese New Year

Introduction
a) Class discussion on prior knowledge of Chinese
New Year.

Lesson Steps
b) Students are split into groups that were formed in
lesson 1, each group will be named after Chinese
Zodiac signs.
c) In the groups, students research one assigned
tradition of Chinese New Year: Lucky food, red
envelopes, lanterns, costumes and fireworks.
Students will be able to research these on their
own iPad and suggested websites will given to the
teacher.
d) In their groups students will add information to
SpiderScribe.
e) Groups will create a PicCollage to depict the
information visually they have gathered on their
SpiderScribe.
f) Students are to upload PicCollage to KidBlog and
summarise key points of their assigned tradition.
g) Students will be asked to look at other groups
post on Kidblog and comment on their favourite
saying what they learnt about the tradition.

Closure
h) Class discussion on the fundamental traditions of
Chinese New Year tradition.

What can you
tell me about
Chinese New
Year?

What are some
of the
traditions
involved in
Chinese New
Year?

What is the
significance of
your assigned
tradition?
Research its
meaning, why
it is used and
when it is used.

-1-to-1 iPads
Computer
https://www.spi
derscribe.net/

http://pic-
collage.com/

https://kahoot.it
/#/

i)

Kahoot! Quiz to test students knowledge on the

celebration.

Learning diversity:
a) Student hard of hearing. Earphones will be
supplied for the video and app. Additional
subtitles on the video if needed. Students will be
placed at an appropriate distance to the
computer.
b) Personalised reward system for student with
Autism.
c) Extension for gifted students, to work through the
games and activities on the early finishers tab on
Weebly.