Ronald Reagan

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Saturday, February 6, 2021

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Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Ronald Reagan
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ON THIS DATE

• 1933 - The start of presidential and congressional terms move from March to January as the 20th Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.
• 1952 -  Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
• 1978 - The Blizzard of 1978 hits New England.
• 1988 - Michael Jordan makes a legendary and icon-making slam dunk after taking off from the free-throw line.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1756 - Politician Aaron Burr
• 1895 - Baseball player Babe Ruth
• 1911- President Ronald Reagan
• 1913 - British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey
• 1945 - Jamaican musician  Bob Marley *

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up - LISTEN

THEME:  Ronald Reagan

• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 60 Second Presidents - Ronald Reagan - VIEW, READ,  DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 16 for '16 - The Contenders - Ronald Reagan - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour -Nancy Reagan's Legacy: Devoted Wife, Caregiver, Political Partner - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Assassination Attempt - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Ending the Cold War  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Reagan's Age  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Nancy Reagan  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Arms for Hostages - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Aiding Freedom Fighters  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan - Restoring Trust - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan: Primary Resources:  Campaign Against Drug Abuse - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan: Primary Resources:  Economic Recovery Program - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Acceptance of the Republican Nomination for President - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan: Primary Resources: Reagan's First Inaugural Address, 1981 - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan: Primary Resources: Reagan's Second Inaugural Address, 1985 - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reagan: Primary Resources:  Reagan's Farewell Speech - READ
• Grades 9-12 - American Experience - George H.W. Bush - Bush vs. Reagan - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - Blank on Blank - Ronald Reagan on Making America Great Again - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 -  NHPBS VIDEO - PBS NewsHour - New Debate Over Ronald Reagan's Complicated Legacy on Race - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - American Experience - The Presidents: Reagan -Part One (Full episode - Passport Members) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - American Experience - The Presidents: Reagan -Part Two (Full episode - Passport Members) - VIEW

Watch 

• 10-11 am NH WORLD - The Jazz Ambassadors*
• 12-1:30 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - 9to5: The Story Of A Movement
• 1:30-2 pm NH WORLD - Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up *
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - The Jazz Ambassadors *
• 3-4:30 pm NH WORLD - Jazz - Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935-1937)
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Groveland Four *
• 8-10 pm NH WORLD - The Central Park Five *
• 10-11:30 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Vision Portraits

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