Horses - December 13

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Monday, December 13, 2021

Today is National Cocoa Day, National Day of the Horse, and National Violin Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Horses
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ON THIS DATE

• 1769 -  Dartmouth College is founded by Reverend Eleazar Wheelock.
• 1862 - Confederate forces defeat Union troops at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.
• 1928 - George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
• 2000 - 36 days after the election, Al Gore concedes the presidency to George W. Bush.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1887 - WW I hero Alvin York
• 1903 - Flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya
• 1925 - Actor Dick Van Dyke
• 1989 - Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• America - A Horse with No Name -  LISTEN
• Weezer - Beginning Of The End (Wyld Stallyns Edit)  from Bill & Ted Face the Music - LISTEN
  
• George Gershwin - An American in Paris - LISTEN
• Taylor Swift - Shake It Off - LISTEN
• Carlos Montoya - Farruca - LISTEN

THEME: Horses

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Super Grover 2.0: Cart Before Horse  (6:52) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger - Daniel Rides a Horse (3:16) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna - Leo Sings About His Fear of Horses  (2:04) -VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Kid Quest - Horse Farm Field Trip (8:19) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Pony Power (4:07) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - How Horses Read Our Expressions (2:19)  - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Newborn Pony Foals! (1:43) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Who's That Pony? (2:40) - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Wild Horses (6:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Horses  Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cloud the Horse (2:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cloud the Horse: Foal (5:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cloud the Horse: Age Two (3:23)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cloud the Horse: Age Four (2:22) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Horse Ears (7:56)- VIEW and  DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LarningMedia - SciGirls - Horsing Around 01: Mentor Moment (Available in Spanish) (1:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LarningMedia - SciGirls - Horsing Around 02: Research (Available in Spanish) (2:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LarningMedia - SciGirls - Horsing Around 03: Plan (Available in Spanish) (2:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LarningMedia - SciGirls - Horsing Around 04: Experiment (Available in Spanish) (2:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LarningMedia - SciGirls - Horsing Around 05: Test (Available in Spanish) (1:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LarningMedia - SciGirls - Horsing Around 06: Share (Available in Spanish) (2:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Wild Horses: America's Most Beloved Invasive Species? (7:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Equus "Story of the Horse"  - Episode 1: Origins (53:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Equus "Story of the Horse"  - Episode 2: Chasing the Wind (52:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Horse with Nine Lives (4:22) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Native America - The Comanche and the Horse (5:22) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Wild Horses of Corolla (6:46)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - How Horses Can Help with Mental Health (5:23) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How Horses Took Over North America (Twice) (9:08) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Power Trip: The Story of Energy - The New York Horse Manure Crisis (2:34) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Billie Jean King/I Am Arthur Ashe
• 6:30-7:30 am NHPBS - Arthur's Perfect Christmas
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - The Other Martins
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Where's Fur Blur? / The Blob
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Alma's Nochebuena/Three Kings Day Do-Over
• 2:30-3:30 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna!: Luna's Christmas Around The World
• 10 pm -12 am NHPBS - Independent Lens - The King

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - Burrowing Owl Girl/Olive's Tree
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - Where's Fur Blur? / The Blob
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Petercadabra/Sleepless In Pinkville
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Hola Mariachi/Loco For Cocoa
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Blob On The Job/Party Of 5,4,3,2,1
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - The Amazing Creature Race
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Molly of Denali - Spring Carnival/Tooey's Hole-I-Day Sweater
  

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD - Nature - Wild Way Of The Vikings
• 9-10 am NH WORLD - Earth's Sacred Wonders
• 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - We Believe In Dinosaurs
• 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - The Trials Of Muhammad Ali
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam - Part One
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD - Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam - Part Two

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

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