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Happy New Year!

 

1.   Find out how to say Happy New Year in different languages.  Pick you three favorites and write them on your answer sheet. http://www.merpy.com/newyear/index.html

2.   People all over the world celebrate the New Year, but not at the same time or in the same way.  Pick five countries from the list and tell how and when they celebrate the New Year.  http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/getmcc.cgi?querytype=match&infotype=holiday&keyword=New+Year

3.   Click on the button to get your fortune for the New Year.  Write it on your answer sheet. http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/newyear/fortune1.html

4.   See if you can solve the New Year slide puzzle without cheating.  BlackDog's New Year's Slide Puzzle Game

5.   Chinese years are associated with the Zodiac signs.  Find out what animal sign you are and what that means by using the year of your birth. http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/china/chinese_zodiac.htm 

6.   Koreans celebrate the New Year on a lunar calendar.  Why are people not supposed to sleep on New Year’s night? http://www.clickasia.co.kr/about/h0101.htm

7.  What does the Korean greeting for New Year’s mean? http://www.clickasia.co.kr/about/h0101.htm

8.  What does Tet stand for?  Write a summary of how Tet is celebrated.  Tet at Web Holidays