New Deal, Rain, and Hippos

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Today is National Fudge Day. Abraham Lincoln delivered his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois on this day in 1858. FDR initiated the New Deal on this day in 1933. Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" premiered on this date in 1960. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on this date in 1963. Meshech Weare, the first governor of New Hampshire, was born on this day in 1713. Apache leader  Geronimo was born on this day in 1829.  Geneticist Barbara McClintock was born on this day in 1902. Rapper Tupac Shakur was born on this day in 1971.

Theme: New Deal, Rain, and Hippos

RAIN

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Singing in the Rain - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It's Raining Cookies -VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - What Rhymes with Rain? -VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Sid the Science Kid - Where Does Rain Come From? - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - Plum Landing - How to Build a Rain Barrel - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Smithsonian Science Education Center - Make it Rain - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Eons - That Time It Rained 2 Million Years -VIEW

HIPPOS

• Grades PreK-adult - San Diego Zoo - Hippo Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-adult - Memphis Zoo - Hippo Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts  - Water Walking With a Hippo - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Beware of Hippo - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild KrattsHippo's Home Turf-  VIEW and Do
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - VIEW

NEW DEAL

• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience:  FDR - New Deal Programs - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMeda - Understanding the New Deal Collection -VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A New Deal for the Dust Bowl - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Library of Congress - FDR and the New Deal, 1933-1945 -VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

• 12 -1 pm NH WORLD - Life from Above - Colorful Planet
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - The Tropics
• 2-4 pm NH WORLD - Boss: The Black Experience In Business
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Native America - Cities Of The Sky
• 8-9:30 pm NHPBS - Mae West: American Masters
• 9:30-11 pm NHPBS - Frontline - The Virus: What Went Wrong?
  

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