Dragon Boat Festival

Holidays & Events

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson, students learn one of the legends behind China's annual dragon boat festival. After learning about Qu Yuan, students take turns playing the devil's advocate.

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Focus

topic-based
4-skills
interpretive

Vocabulary

exile
banish
protest
corruption
rush out
spirit
paddler
bow
steering
synchronize
devil's advocate
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane