John Paul Jones, Marc Chagall, Frida Khalo, and George W. Bush

Summer Learning

Monday, July 6, 2020

Today is National Fried Chicken Day, Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day, and International Kissing Day.

ON THIS DATE.

• 1777 -  British General John Burgoyne, seizes Fort Ticonderoga, in New York from American forces.
• 1944 -  Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of an Army bus and is later faces a court-martial.
• 1944 - 168 people die and 700 are injured in a fire at an afternoon performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, CT.
• 1957 Althea Gibson becomes the first black athlete to win a wins a Wimbledon championship.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1747- Revolutionary War naval captain John Paul Jones
• 1987 - Artist Marc Chagall
• 1907 - Artist Frida Kahlo
• 1946 - President George W. Bush
• 1946 - Actor Sylvester Stallone

THEME: John Paul Jones, Marc Chagall, Frida Kahlo, and George W. Bush

JOHN PAUL JONES

• Grades 6-12 - U.S. Navy - John Paul Jones -  READ
• Grades 6-12 -Naval History and Heritage Command - John Paul Jones - READ
• Grades 6-12 - National Park Service  - John Paul Jones - READ

MARC CHAGALL

• Grades 4-12  - Guggenheim /museum - Marc Chagall Collection -VIEW and READ
• Grades 4-12 -  Art Institute of Chicago - March Chagall  - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - ArtPlus - Marc Chagall - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - ArtWorks- Marc Chagall - VIEW

FRIDA KAHLO

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frida Kahlo Media Gallery - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Moma - Frida Kahlo - VIEW AND READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  Art Cooking: Frida Kahlo -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - What This Painting Tells Us About Frida Kahlo -VIEW

GEORGE W. BUSH

• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia 60-second Presidents - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - George W. Bush - READ
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - George W. Bush Part One - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - George W. Bush Part Two- VIEW

Watch 

• 12 -1 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Black Hole Apocalypse/
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Black Hole Universe
• 2-4 pm NH WORLD - Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World - The Rocket
• 9-11 pm NHPBS - The Vote: American Experience

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