Vegetables and Jimmy Carter

Learning That's Good For You

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Today is International Music Day, National Black Dog Day,  National Lace Day, National Hair Day, World Vegetarian Day, Willy Wonka Day, and National Pumpkin Spice Day.

ON THIS DATE

• 1890 - Yosemite National Park is established by Congress.
• 1903 - The Boston Americans meet the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series game.
• 1957 -  "In God We Trust" appears on U.S. paper money.
• 1958 -  The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics becomes NASA.
• 1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Florida.
• 1975 - Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
• 1989 - Denmark recognizes the world's first legal same-sex partnerships.
• 2017 - Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1207 - England's King Henry III
• 1903 - Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
• 1910 - Bank robber Bonnie Parker
• 1924 - President Jimmy Carter
• 1935 - Actor and singer Julie Andrews

SONGS OF THE DAY 
Julie Andrews - My Favorite Things - LISTEN
Georgie  Fame - The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - LISTEN
Merle Haggard - The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - LISTEN
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Pure Imagination - LISTEN
Dana Carvey - SNL Audition - Choppin' Broccoli - LISTEN

THEME:  VEGETABLES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - V is For Vegetable - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Eating Colorful Fruits & Vegetables - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - John Leguizamo Is Captain Vegetable
  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Do the Veggie Dance - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - A Song About Brocolli - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Hurray-Hurrah For Broccoli - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - How to Make a Vegetable Sushi Roll - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Between the Lions - Joy Learno: Turnip - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train -Dinosaur Discoveries: Planting a Garden - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LerningMedia - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Under the Ground - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Sid the Science Kid - Vegetable Planting Game - DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Sid the Science Kid - Vegetable Harvest Game - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Artichokes - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Carrots - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Arthur -Kids In Action- City Sprouts - VIEW
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS Parents - Fruit and Veggie Caterpillars - DO and EAT
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Think Garden - Plant Families -VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow? - Asparagus - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Career Connections - Food Scientist - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - SciTech Now - The Vegetables of the Sea - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Japanese 236 - At the Vegetable and Fruit Store -VIEW and DO

THEME:  JIMMY CARTER

• Grades PreK-3 - The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer Read By Jimmy Carter - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer Read By Jimmy Carter - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer Read By Jimmy Carter (In Spanish) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 60 Second President - Jimmy Carter - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Civil Rights Movement: A Tale of Two Governors -Jimmy Carter - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter - Inflation - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter - Rosalynn - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter - Campaigning on Honesty - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter - Curbing Inflation - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter - Energy Crisis - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter -The Camp David Accords - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - American Experience - The Presidents - Jimmy Carter - Selected Clips - READ and VIEW

Watch 

• 12-12:30 pm NH WORLD - SciGirls - Super Sensors
• 12:30-1 pm NH WORLD - Get The Math 2
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Big Pacific - Passionate
• 2-4 pm NH WORLD - Roosevelts: An Intimate History - The Common Cause (1939-1944)
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross - Making A Way Out Of No Way (1897-1940)
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Nova - A To Z: How Writing Changed The World
• 8-9:30 pm NHPBS - Orchestrating Change
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD - Hawking
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - Hacking Your Mind - The Wings Of Angels
• 9:30-10:30 pm NHPBS - Independent Lens - The First Rainbow Coalition
• 10:30-11:30 pm NHPBS - Personal Statement: America Reframed

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