Native American Heritage - November 26

Learning About Our History

Friday, November 26, 2021

Today is Black Friday,, National Day of Listening, National Native American Heritage Day, and National Cake Day.

November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month, National Family Literacy Month, National Novel Writing Month, Picture Book Month, Native American Heritage Month, Manatee Awareness Month, and Historic Bridge Awareness Month.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Native American Heritage
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ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington.
• 1863 - President Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November.  
• 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
• 1940 - Half a million Jews of Warsaw, Poland, are forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto.
• 1942 - Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York.
• 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders nationwide gasoline rationing.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1731 - English poet William Cowper 
• 1732 - Activist Sarah Moore Grimké
• 1832 - Surgeon, activist, and Medal of Honor recipient Mary Edwards Walker
• 1909 - French playwright Eugene Ionesco
• 1922 - Cartoonist Charles Schulz
• 1939 - Singer Tina Turner

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Tina Turner - Proud Mary - LISTEN
• Redbone - Come and Get Your Love - LISTEN

THEME:  

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cripple Creek (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Molly of Denali Series - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Native American Heritage Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Our New Hampshire - People of the Dawn(18:19) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Native America - Hopi Origin Story (4:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reconnecting Roots - Native Americans: An Uncommon History (27:02) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - KVIE Arts Showcase - Native American Art (27:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance - Albuquerque's Native American Hip-Hop Dance (6:08) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance - Native American Hoop Dancing and Hip-Hop in Minneapolis (4:17) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Warrior Tradition  (54:41)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sound Field - What Does Electric Pow Wow Sound Like? (14:01) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee, and the Trail of Tears (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Made Here - Nebi, Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water (12:31) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Albert Einstein/I Am Carol Burnett
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS - Arthur - The Great Macgrady
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali - Puppypalooza 
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Koala Balloon
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Back On Track / Switcheroo-Er
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Junior's Story/Anniversary Surprise
  
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - Leo And The Coconut/Beautiful Wonderful Life
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS - Nature Cat - Animal Rescue Crew/Nature Of Dreams
• 9-10:30 pm NHPBS  - Great Performances - Coppelia

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 12-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - The Pilgrims: American Experience
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - Big Trees/Baby Steps
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE  - Hero Elementary - Back On Track / Switcheroo-Er
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Sand Palace/Zoo Day
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE  - Let's Go Luna! - Totally Yodelly/St. Bernard
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE  - Odd Squad - Crime At Shapely Manor
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - Happy Turkey Day
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE  - Molly of Denali - Trini's Super Coop/Trini's Winter Warm Up
• 9:30-10:30 NHPBS EXPLORE - Frontline - Shots Fired
• 10:30-11:30 NHPBS EXPLORE - Independent Lens - Duty Free

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD  - Nova - Big Bang
• 9-10 am NH WORLD - Secrets of the Dead - The Caravaggio Heist
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - Secrets of the Dead - Abandoning The Titanic
• 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD - Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio
• 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

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