Chinese Zodiac Classroom Kit — K–12 Lesson Plans, Readers' Theater Scripts, and Dual-Language Sheets

A free, openly licensed classroom kit for teaching the Chinese zodiac and Lunar New Year, spanning K–12. It bundles four standards-aligned lesson-plan units (K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12) covering the twelve animals and the Great Race story, the lunar calendar and Five Elements, the sexagenary cycle, and the zodiac as living cultural heritage; two performable readers' theater scripts ("The Great Race", 16 roles, and "The Lantern Festival", 12 roles) with pinyin pronunciation guides; and side-by-side English / simplified Chinese / pinyin reference sheets suitable for Mandarin-immersion and ESL/ELL classrooms. Worksheets, assessments, and teacher's guides are included.The kit and its current versions are maintained at https://chinesezodiac.com/teachers, where the licence notice is published.