Superman and the Berlin Wall

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Friday, June 12, 2020

Today is Superman Day and National Peanut Butter Cookie Day. On this date in 1987, on a visit to West Berlin,, Germany,, President Ronald Reagan demanded Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev  ''tear down this wall.''

Theme: Superman and the Berlin Wall

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Superman's Favorite Letter - S -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo the Superhero Musical - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Hero Elementary - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - ReadWriteThink-Is Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes -  READ and DO
• Grades - Adults - PBS Parents -The Superhero Solution: How Make-Believe Boosts Kids’ Perseverance - READ
• Grades 3-12 - Florida Symphony - The Superman Theme - How Music Establishes Character - LISTEN, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Primary Source Set: Truth, Justice, and the Birth of the Superhero Comic Book -VIEW, READ,  and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching with Primary Sources - Fall of the Berlin Wall - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12  - NHBS Video - PBS NewsHour - After 75 Years, an Untarnished Reputation for Superman  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Up, Up and Away - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - 30 Years After the Berlin Wall - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - EDsITEment - The Berlin Wall and Beyond: An Online High School Curriculum - READ and DO

Watch 

• 12 -1 pm NH WORLD - Genius By Stephen Hawking - Where Did the Universe Come FRom?
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Big Pacific- Passionate
• 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD - Poetry In America - Fast Break - Edward Hirsch
• 2:30-4 pm NH WORLD - Raul Julia: American Masters
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Ursula K. Le Guin: American Masters

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