Read the pages below to get a background on the Chinese New Year
  http://www.afk.com/resources/lunarnewyearinfo.tpl?cart=11657762432236656
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/history.htm

1.) Chinese tradition matches every year with an animal.  Last year was the Year of the Rat.  Which animal represents 2009?  _____________________________________
http://www.afk.com/resources/lunarcalendar.tpl?cart=11657791772252631
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html

2.)  Which animal represents the year you were born?  ____________________________________________________. 
What is good about your animal?  ___________________________________________________________________
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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

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

4.  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/chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html#Spring%20Couplets