Red Pandas and Pirates

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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Today isBatman Day, International Coastal Cleanup Day,  International Red Panda Day, Puppy Mill Awareness Day,  National Butterscotch Pudding Day, and Talk Like A Pirate Day.

ON THIS DATE

• 1783 - George Washington lays the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
• 1851 - The first edition of The New York Times is published
• 1850 - Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.
• 1948 - Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
•  1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at 27.
• 1975 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is captured by the FBI in San Francisco.
• 2014 - Scotland votes against independence from the U.K.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1709 - English writer Samuel Johnson
• 1819 - French physicist Jean-Bernard Foucault
• 1905 - Choreographer Agnes de Mille
• 1905  - Actor Greta Garbo
• 1976  - Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo

SONG OF THE DAY 
The Pirates of Penzance - Tim Curry - The Pirate King  - LISTEN

THEME:  RED PANDAS

• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Paws For a Minute - Red Panda - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-12 - Smithsonian National Zoo - Red Panda -Read and VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Red Panda Origins - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Red Panda Rescue Mission - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Discover Pandas and More Bears! - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS WildLife Journal Junior - Ailuridae - Red Panda - READ
• Grades 8-12 - Animal Diversity Web - Red Panda -READ

THEME:  PIRATES

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS Video - Pirate Ship Adventure - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookies of the Caribbean - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pirate's Treasure - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pirate Ship Car - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Clifford the Big Red Dog - Pirate Hats, Ahoy!- VIEW and DO
• GradesPreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Clifford, el Gran Perro Colorado - ¡Ahoy, Sombreros de Pirata! - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - The Pirate Problem - Hungry Pirates - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat -The Pirate Problem: Fair Sharing - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Four + One = Five Sleeping Pirates - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - Hungry Pirates Game - DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Odd Squad - The Curious Case of Pirate-itis - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - $martPath -Blackbeard the Pirate (Resources are Limited) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Pirates of Penzance in Concert -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Problems with Pirates - Teaching with Primary Sources - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - Pirate Monkeyness - Pirate Translator - DO
• Grades Professional Development - ReadWriteThink - Shiver Me Timbers: Books About Pirates for Grades K-5 -LISTEN

Watch 

• 3-5 pm NH WORLD - The War -  The Ghost Front - (December 1944 - March 1945)
• 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD - American Masters - Raul Julia: The World's A Stage
• 9:30 - 10 pm NH WORLD - Salsa! The Dance Sensation
• 10-11 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - The Unafraid

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