Voki Lesson Plan Lesson title: Social Studies Lesson title: Korean Lunar New Year Grade Level: Middle School Author: Eva Diep Objectives: Students will learn: 1. How Korean people celebrate Lunar New Year 2. What do Korean people prepare before Lunar New Year 3. Korean Lunar New Year customs and tradition 4. How to greet people on Korean Lunar New Year Materials: 1. PowerPoint 2. Pictures of traditional Korean food 3. Traditional Korean clothing (hanbok) 4. Yut Nori game 5. Voki.com (http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=7400113&height=267&width=200) Procedure: 1. Review with your students what a lunar calendar is and the 12 animal zodiacs. Explain to your students that the Korean and the Chinese share the same lunar calendar and 12 animal zodiacs. 2. Explain to your students that Korean New Year is called Seollal (설날). It is one of the most celebrated national holidays in Korea. Even though Koreans celebrate solar New Year (January 1st), most Korean families also celebrate Seollal. 3. Tell your students what the Koreans do on Seollal: Lunar New Year’s Eve 1. Koreans move back to their hometown to celebrate and spend time with close family and friends. 2. Everyone in the family have to stay up on New Year’s Eve. This is called jeya. It is considered bad luck if a person does not stay up until Share your Voki lesson plans and download others at http://www.voki.com/learn.php. midnight. They believe that if you do not stay up, your eyebrows will turn white and you will age quickly. 3. Bring shoes into the house so that the Yakwanggy (약왕기) cannot steal it. Yakwanggy is a monster who comes on Lunar New Year’s Eve to steal shoes that fit his feet. If a person lost a pair of shoes, he will have bad luck for the rest of the year. Seollal 1. Prepare offerings to ancestors. These offerings are called chare. Dishes that are offered are tteokguk (soup with sliced rice cake), galbi (braised short ribs), japchae (noodles), hangwa (candy) and pancakes. They bow deeply to worship their ancestors. 2. Take a bath and put on hanbok. Hanbok is traditional Korean clothing. 3. Children pay respects to older generations. This is called sebae. Children wish their elders a happy new year by bowing deeply. They usually receive New Year’s money, or “pocket money”, in small bags. 4. Discuss with your students about what they do on New Year’s Day. Explain to your students that the Koreans play a board game on Seollal. Explain the rules to your students and how to play it. Yut Nori 1. It is a traditional family board game. Instead of playing the game with dice, it is played with a yut stick. The yut stick determines how many spaces the token move. i. If 3 sticks have the flat side facing down and 1 stick have the flat side facing up, you advance 1 space. This is called the do, or pig. ii. If 2 sticks have the flat side facing down and 2 stick have the flat side facing up, you advance 2 spaces. This is called the ge, or dog. iii. If 1 stick have the flat side facing down and 3 stick have the flat side facing up, you advance 3 spaces. This is called the gol, or sheep. Share your Voki lesson plans and download others at http://www.voki.com/learn.php. iv. If 4 sticks have the flat side facing up, you advance 4 spaces. This is called the yut, or cow. v. If 4 sticks have the flat side facing down, you advance 5 spaces. This is called the mo, or horse. 2. The game is played between partners (or 2 teams). There is no limit on how many people can play it. 3. Each team takes turn throwing the yut stick. The team with the highest points goes first. 4. The first person (or team) to reach the end is the winner. 5. Teach your students this Seollal greeting in Korean: Sae hae bok manhi bah doo seh yo. (새해 복 많이 받으세요) – Happy New Year 6. Have your student write a short story about how a Korean child will celebrate Seollal. Then create a Voki to present their stories. Share your Voki lesson plans and download others at http://www.voki.com/learn.php. .