Apples and Johnny Appleseed

Planting the Seeds of Learning

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Today is International Rabbit Day, Johnny Appleseed Day, National Ghost Hunting Day, National Public Lands Day, and National Key Lime Pie Day.

ON THIS DATE

• 1905 - Albert Einstein introduces his special theory of relativity in the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers.
• 1960 - Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy meet in the first televised presidential debate.
• 1969- The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road, is released.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1774 - Gardener Johnny Appleseed
• 1849 - Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov
• 1888 - British poet T. S. Eliot
• 1898 - Composer George Gershwin
• 1948 - Singer Olivia Newton-John

SONGS OF THE DAY 

The Osmonds - One Bad Apple - LISTEN
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - LISTEN
Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You - LISTEN

THEME: APPLES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - A is for Apple with Elmo - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Eating Apples - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Super Grover Saves Elmo's Apple
  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Case of Ernie's Apple  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Making Apple Cider - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Apple Donuts - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Curious George - Apple Picking Game - DO
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Apples - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Hooray for Apple Seeds - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Johnny Appleseed
  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NPR - All Thing Considered - Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure - LISTEN
• Grade 6-12 - US Apples - Apple Varieties - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - 9 Facts That Tell the True Story of Johnny Appleseed - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Botany of Desire - (Sweetness (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO

Watch 

• 12-2 pm NH WORLD - Frontline - The Choice 2020: Trump Vs. Biden
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - The Vote: American Experience - Hour Three
• 3-5:30 pm NH WORLD - The War - A World Without War  (March 1945 - December 1945) 
  

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