Chinese Lunar New Year Digital Bulletin Board for Secondary

Celebrate Lunar New Year with this Digital Bulletin Board! This scrolling slideshow is updated for the 2026 Year of the Horse. Special emphasis on Chinese New Year and China, with some mentions of Lunar New Year traditions in other Asian countries.

Please note: This lesson mainly focuses on China. The author lived in Shanghai and Suzhou from 2014-2020, and some of the photos in the presentation were taken by her.

This product has 51 slides and pages, and it includes:

• 51-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • This presentation is for entertainment and communication. It is NOT meant to be a formal direct instruction library lesson.
• Recommended Reads to accompany the presentation (2 pages, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • Includes 51 middle school and young adult (YA) titles.
  • The list is editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)

51 Digital Bulletin Board Slides:

• Words of the Week: “dumpling” and “prosperity”
• Library Skill Review: 900 section
• What is Lunar New Year?
• When is Lunar New Year in 2026?
• Why do the dates of Lunar New Year vary from year to year?
• World’s largest migration of people (Chinese New Year)
• Lunar New Year is celebrated in China, Vietnam, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Singapore
• What do Asian families do to celebrate Lunar New Year?
• Lunar New Year foods
• What is hong bao? (red envelopes)
• Red and gold decorations in China
• Fireworks
• Chinese zodiac animals
• 2025 was the Year of the Snake
• 2026 is the Year of the Horse
• Hanzi, kanji, and hangul (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written language)
• How many people speak Chinese?
• Great Wall of China
• Ice sculptures in Harbin, China
• Giant pandas in Chengdu, China
• Bullet trains
• 3 Would You Rather questions
• 2 Did You Know questions
• 2 Trivia questions with answers
• 1 True or False questions with answers
• Daily and weekly schedule
• This week’s birthdays

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text. 

• Inquire –  C.1. – D.1.
• Explore – A.1. – C.1.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7.

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