Lobsters and the Magna Carta

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Monday, June 15, 2020

Today is Global Wind Day, Prune Day, Magna  Carta Day, Nature Photography Day, and National Lobster Day. On this date in 1215, England's King John put his seal on the Magna Carta. On this date, in 1648 Margaret Jones became the first person executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony when she was hanged in Boston. George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army on this date in 1775. Arlington National Cemetery was established on this date in 1864 on 200 acres of what once was Confederate General Robert E. Lee's estate. On this day in 1901, 1,000 people died in a fire on the steamboat General Slocum on the East River in New York City.  On this date in 1921, Bessie Colman became the first licensed female African American pilot. Musician Waylon Jennings was born on this date in 1937. Chines President Xi Jinping was born on this date in 1953.

Theme:  Lobsters and the Magna Carta

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street -Abby and Emmy Rossum Stay Focused!
  -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-adult - B52s - Rock Lobster - VIEW, LISTEN and ROCK
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Little Lost Lobster -VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts -How to Activate Your Lobster Creature Powers
  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Swiming with the Lobster - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay. to Be Smart - You Are an Upside-Down Lobster -VIEW
• Grades 6-12  - NHBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Rising Water Temperatures Could End Maine's Lobster Boom  - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior - The Secret Life of Lobsters  - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - Gulf of Maine Research Institute - Lobsters - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Magna Carta Introduction -VIEW and READ
• Grades 5-12 - British Library - Magna Carta - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Magna Carta Introduction -VIEW and READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Magna Carta: Rule of Law -VIEW and READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Magna Carta: Relevant for the 21st Century - VIEW and READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Magna Carta: Justification for American Independence- VIEW and READ

Watch 

• 12 -1 pm NH WORLD - Life from Above - Moving Planet
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Dead Sea Scroll Detectives
• 2-4 pm NH WORLD - Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Native America- Nature to Nations
• 9-10 pm NHPBS - America In Black and Blue 2020, A PBS NewsHour Weekend Special
• 10-11:30 p.pm - Independent Lens - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

• UPCOMING EVENT - Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 2025 NH Makers Fest - More Information

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