Bill of Rights

First Ten Amendments Learning

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Today is Bill of Rights Day and National Wear Your Pearls Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Bill of Rights
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ON THIS DATE

• 1781 - The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
• 1890 - Lakota leader Sitting Bull and 11 others are killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
• 1916 - The French defeat the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.
• 1933 - Twenty-first Amendment becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and Prohibition.
• 1939 - Gone With the Wind premieres in Atlanta.
• 1941 - German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar in Ukraine.
• 1973 - The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
• 1978 - President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

BIRTHDAYS

• 37 -  Roman emperor Nero
• 1832 - French architect and engineer Gustave Eiffel
• 1886 - Polish WWII underground resistance fighter Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
• 1892 - Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Smart Songs - Bill of Rights Rap - LISTEN
School House Rock - The Constitution - LISTEN

THEME:  Bill of Rights

• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching the Constitution - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - National Archives - Bill of Rights - VIEW and READ ORIGINAL
• Grades 7-12 - National Archive -The Bill of Rights: What Does it Say? - READ
• Grades 7-12 - Bill of Rights Institute - READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - Annenberg Classroom - The Bill of Rights - VIEW, READ, DO, PLAY
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Bill of Rights Lesson - VIEW and DO

Watch 

• 7:30-8:30 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas
• 12-12:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math -Gr. 6 - Two Related Quantities, Part 1 And Part 2
• 12:30-1 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 7 - Using Equations To Solve Problems
• 1-1:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 8 - Powers Of Powers Of Ten
• 1:30-2 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Algebra 1 - Solving Quadratic Expressions In Factored Form (Part 3)
• 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD - SciGirls - Aquabots
• 2:30-5 pm NH WORLD - National Parks: America's Best Idea - The Last Refuge (1890-1915)
• 7:30-9:30 pm NHPBS - Rick Steves European Christmas
• 10-11 pm NHPBS - Frontline - Return From ISIS
  

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