Pumpkins and the Erie Canal - October 26
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Today is Howl at The Moon Night and National Pumpkin Day.
October is Apple Month, Chili Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, Country Music Month, National Arts & Humanities Month, Bat Appreciation Month, and Raptor Month.
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Pumpkins and the Erie Canal
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- 1774 - The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
- 1825 - The Erie Canal opens connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
- 1881 - The gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and "Doc" Holliday and Ike Clanton's gang leaves three members of the Clanton gang dead.
- 1994 - Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty.
- 2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2005 - The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros in game four to win their first World Series since 1917.
- 1911 - Singer Mahalia Jackson
- 1941 - Children's author and illustrator Steven Kellogg
- 1946 - Game show host Pat Sajak
- 1947 - Politician Hillary Clinton
- 1951 - Painter and director Julian Schnabel
- Mahalia Jackson -
Amazing Grace - LISTEN - Pete Seeger - The Erie Canal - LISTEN
Bruce Springsteen - The Erie Canal - LISTEN - The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making Pumpkin Faces (1:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Surprises in the Pumpkin Patch (1:25) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pumpkins on Halloween (1:50) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck: Pumpkin Soup (5:01) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Daisy's Pretty Pumpkin (3:45) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - Dinosaur Train - Pumpkin Contest (2:42) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Count On It! - Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part I (26:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Count On It! - Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part 2 (26:47) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Carving Out the Pumpkin (2:37) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Pumpkin Carving (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - "Ugly" Food and Food Waste (2:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grade 4 - PBS LearningMedia - Lessons in Matter and Energy - Barfing Pumpkin (2:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Khan Academy - Multiplying Fractions Word Problem: Pigging out on Pumpkin Pie (4:36) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - Monster Pumpkin (1:20) - VIEW and DO
- Grades Parents - PBS Parents - Math with Pumpkins - DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow - The ORIGINAL Pumpkin Pie (1:19) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow - Pumpkin (3:43) - VIEW
THEME: ERIE CANAL
- Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Building the Erie Canal - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - 10 That Changed America - When Mules Ruled the Canal (2:40)- VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Impact of the Erie Canal on America (1:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - 15 Miles On The Erie Canal Part 1 (57:10) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - 15 Miles On The Erie Canal Part 2 (47:40) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Canal Towns (1:01:26) - VIEW
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- 6:30-7 am NHPBS - Arthur - Francine's Split Decision/Muffy Goes Metropolitan
- 7-7:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali - The Whole Mitten Kaboodle/Eagle Tale
- 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Back In Creature Time - Go Dodo Go, Part 1
- 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - When Fur Flies / Pumpkin Palooza
- 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Alma's New Kicks/Star Ball
- 12-1 pm NHPBS - Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
- 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - Cusco, Weave Got A Problem/Nice To Meet You, Machu Picchu
- 3-3:30 pm NHPBS - Nature Cat - The Big Bath Brouhaha/Fossil Hunt
- 9-10 pm NHPBS - American Veteran - The Calling
- 10-11 pm NHPBS - Frontline Boeing's Fatal Flaw
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- 2-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Arthur and the Haunted Tree House
- 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - When Fur Flies / Pumpkin Palooza
- 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Peter's Pet/Cupcake Calamity
- 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - A Prickly Pear/Turkish Delight
- 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Where There's A Wolf, There's A Way/New Jacket Required
- 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - Golden Bamboo Lemur
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- 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Things That Go Bump in the Night
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