Grandma Moses and Queen Elizabeth I

Grandma Moses and Queen Elizabeth I

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Today is  Google Commemoration Day, Grandma Moses Day, National Salami Day, and National Beer Lover’s Day.

September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Grandma Moses and Queen Elizabeth I
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ON THIS DATE

  • 1927 - Philo T. Farnsworth transmits an image through what he calls an image dissector, the predecessor to TV.
  • 1940 - German bombers begin the London Blitz.
  • 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black bishop of the  Anglican Church in southern Africa.
  • 1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot on the Las Vegas Strip.

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day  - LISTEN

THEME: GRANDMA MOSES

  • Grades 4-12 - Smithsonian American Art Museum - Grandma Moses - READ and VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - She Inspires - Grandma Moses (1:13) - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Aha! A House for Art - Artist Will Moses  (6:34) - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - National Museum of Women in the Arts - Grandma Moses - READ
  • Grades 5-12 - Bennington Museum - Grandma Moses - VIEW 

THEME:  QUEEN ELIZABETH I

  • Grades 5-12 - The Royal Family - Queen Elizabeth I - READ
  • Grades 5-12 -  BBC TEACH - Elizabeth I: Troubled Child to Beloved Queen - READ (Video not available in U.S.)
  • Grades 6-12  - NHPBS Video  - Queen Elizabeth' Secret Agents Series  -  VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Queen Elizabeth I's Speech at Tilbury (3:00)  - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Queen Elizabeth I's Encounter with the Count of Feria (2:46)  - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Queen Elizabeth Chooses Her Successor (2:11) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments: Queen Elizabeth I’s Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, 1588  -  READ and DO
  • Grades 9-12 - Royal Museum Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth I’s Speech to the Troops at Tilbury (1:02) - VIEW, and  READ
  • Grades 9-12 - Royal Museum Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth Facts and Myths  - VIEW and READ

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