Salamanders and Gerrymandering
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Saturday, July 17, 2021
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Today's Theme: Salamanders and Gerrymandering
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ON THIS DATE
- 1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States.
- 1917 - The British royal family changes its name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor.
- '1945 - Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and Minister Winston Churchill began meeting at Potsdam.
- 1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
- 1981 - 114 people and injuring more than 200 injured when a walkway collapses at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.
- 1744 - Politician and vice president Elbridge Gerry
- 1763 - Businessman and philanthropist - John Jacob Astor
- 1898 - Photographer Berenice Abbott
- 1899 - Actor James Cagney
- 1917 - Comedian Phyllis Diller
- 1921 - Guitarist Mary Osborne
- 1921 - Baseball player Toni Stone
- 1935 - Actror ad singer Diahann Carroll
- 1935 - Canadian actor Donald Sutherland
- 1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- 1950 - Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow
- 1954 - German chancellor and politician Angela Merkel
- Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Up Close and Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Fire Salamander - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Small Creatures/Large Lessons - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Caudata - Salamanders, Newts, Mudpuppies - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Small Creatures/Large Lessons - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-9 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Deadpool Salamander That Can Regrow Limbs - VIEW
THEME: GERRYMANDERING
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer -VIEW
- Grades 10-12 -NH PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head - VIEW, READ and DO
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