Nelson Mandela

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Saturday, July 18, 2020

Today is National Caviar Day and Nelson Mandela International Day

• 1969 - A car driven by Ted Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• 1998 -  A tsunami along the coast of Papua New Guinea kills 3,000 people.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1635 - English scientist Robert Hooke 
• 1811 - English author William Makepeace Thackeray
• 1918 -  South African President and apartheid  leader Nelson Mandela

THEME: NELSON MANDELA

• Grades 3-12 - NEA - Classroom Resources for Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, and South Africa - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 7-12 - EDSITEment -Nelson Mandela & South Africa Teacher's Guide - DO
• Grades 7-12 - My Hero -Nelson Mandela Curated Multimedia Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia- Remembering Nelson Mandela-  VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Nelson Mandela’s Prison Letters Reveal His Unwavering Vision -VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Nelson Mandela forever changed South Africa - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - AfroPop - Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela and Spit on the Broom - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -Basic Black - Nelson Mandela: A Revolutionary Who Preached Reconciliation - VIEW

Watch 

• 8-9 pm NH WORLD- We'll Meet Again - The Fight For Women's Rights
• 9-10 pm - NH WORLD - Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women
• 10-11 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Deej
  

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