Black Cats and Hurricanes

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Monday, August 17, 2020

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day, National Nonprofit Day, and  National Vanilla Custard Day.

ON THIS DATE.

• 1955 - Hurricane Diane makes landfall near Wilmington, NC causing widespread damage and flooding, killing more than 184 people.
• 1969 - Hurricane Camille hits the Gulf Coast as a category 5 storm, killing 248 people.
• 1998 - In grand jury testimony, President Bill Clinton admits he had an improper relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 2008 - Michael Phelps breaks the record for gold medals in a single Olympics when he wins his 8th gold in the 400-meter medley relay at the Beijing Olympics.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1786 - Soldier and politician Davey Crockett
• 1887 - Jamaican journalist and political activist Marcus Garvey
• 1893 - Actor Mae West
• 1913 - Deputy Director of the FBI, later revealed as Watergate source, Deepthroat Mark Felt
• 1943 - Actor Robert De Niro
• 1960 - Actor Sean Penn
• 1960 - Singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg
• 1983 - Baseball player Dustin Pedroia

SONGS OF THE DAY 
Janet Jackson - Black Cat - LISTEN
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut - LISTEN

THEME: BLACK (and OTHER COLORED) CATS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street  - Elmo and Simon's Cat Take a Nap  -VIEW
• Grades 3-12- PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 3-12- PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats: Yesterday and Today - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - EONS - How We Domesticated Cats - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - Black Cat Facts - READ
• Grades 6-adult - VOA: Learning English - "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe -VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - Theater of the Mind  Radio Drama - The Black Cat - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Le Chat Noir Collection - READ and VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Van Gogh Museum - Le Chat Noir - READ and VIEW

THEME: HURRICANES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Sesame Street Gets Through a Storm - Full Episode - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger - The Storm is Coming -VIEW
• Grades K-3  - Arthur - Shelter from the Storm -- VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Hurricane Researcher - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Water Vapor Fuels Hurricanes - VIEW, READ, DO (Spanish and English)
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Physics Girls - How to Make a Hurricane on a Bubble - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Killer Hurricanes: Hurricane Paths Over Time - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Killer Hurricanes: Hurricane Frequency Over Time - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  American Experience - Hurricane of '38 Home Videos - VIEW
  
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Seasonal Science - How Hurricanes Form - VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

• 12-1 pm NH WORLD - Follow The Water
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - H20: The Molecule That Made Us - Pulse
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - H20: The Molecule That Made Us - Civilizations
• 3-4 pm NH WORLD - H20: The Molecule That Made Us - Crisis
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Man Who Tried to Feed The World: American Experience
• 8-11 pm NHPBS - PBS Newshour Convention Coverage

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