New Year, as all holidays, presents a rich opportunity to capitalize on student interest and create new lessons that stimulate thinking, understanding and achievement.  Such elements as culture, art and the core subjects can be enhanced easily with some good links that have materials and ideas to jump start pre- and post-holiday learning.  Some of the better free sites follow.

Celebrate Chinese New Year and More 
This page has everything from crafts to lesson plans to comparisons.
 
Major Holiday Sites You Can Use 

Mr. Donn’s New Years 
Some nice culture links

New Year Celebrations 
This is a great link site with lots of good stuff, especially the calendar lesson.

New Year Resolutions for Teachers: Getting Organized

New Years Lesson Plans 
Quite basic, but could spark some of your own ideas

New Year’s Lesson Plans and Activities 
Link site mainly for younger students

New Year's Resolutions with a Difference 
Civic-minded lesson plan from Britain

Reflections: 2001 
This interesting craft lesson to make a mobile can be easily expanded from past to future.

Start the New Year Right 
Inspirational and fun stories to motivate you in the new year
 
Teacher New Year's Resolutions
Corny, but why not

Teachers, Technology and Training: A New Year’s Resolution 
And another from ERIC no less

Tet, the Vietnamese New Year 
Integrated lessons for grades three and four