1.) Chinese tradition matches every year with an animal.  2011 was the year of the Rabbit.  Which animal represents 2012?  __________________________________________________________________________.
http://www.afk.com/resources/lunarcalendar.tpl?cart=11657791772252631
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html

2.)  Which animal represents the year you were born?  _____________________________________________. 
3.) What is good about your animal?  ____________________________________________________________
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4.) What would be a good job for you? ___________________________________________________________
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www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/calendar.htm
http://www.familyculture.com/Chinese_new_year.htm

5.)  Why do Chinese people clean their houses before the New Year? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/history.htm

6.)  What are the themes for the couplets or poems that placed on doors and windows in the home?
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http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/decorations.html
http://www.c-c-c.org/culture-resources/holidays/traditional-celebration-of-the-chinese-new-year/