Chickens, Turkeys, Geese and Quilts - March 19

Poultry and Patches Learning

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Today is National Poultry Day, National Quilting Day, and Play the Recorder Day.

*Indicates a resource about a woman or women in celebration of Women's History Month.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Chickens, Turkeys, Geese, and Quilts

ON THIS DATE

• 1918 - The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling.
• 1962 - Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album is released.
• 1979 - The U.S. House begins broadcasting its day-to-day business on C-SPAN.
• 2003 - President George W. Bush orders the start of the war on Iraq
• 2018 - The last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, dies.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1809 - Russian writer Nikolay Gogol 
• 1860 - Politician and lawyer William Jennings Bryan
• 1868 - Basketball player Senda Berenson Abbott *
• 1881 - Social worker and politician Edith Nourse Rogers *
• 1891 - Jurist Earl Warren
• 1894 - Comedian Moms Mabley *
• 1900 - French physicist Frederic Joliot-Curie
• 1933 - Writer Philip Roth
• 1947 - Actor Glenn Close*
• 1955 - Actor Bruce Willis

SONG OF THE DAY 

Bob Dylan - Song to Woody - LISTEN

THEME:  Chickens, Turkeys, and Geese

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Chicken Dance - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Counting Chickens (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Chicken Coop - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo Pretends to Be a Chicken (2:23) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Chicken Dream (54:54) - VIEW
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Secret Turkey Lurk (1:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Activate Turkey Power (2:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Who Are You Calling Turkey? (2:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Tracking Turkeys (7:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Wild Turkey - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Galliformes - Turkeys, Pheasants, Quails - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior -  Anseriformes - Ducks, Geese, Swans, Screamers - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Turkey Talk (Available in Spanish) (2:38) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -Turkeys' Basic Instincts (Available in Spanish) (3:27) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth (10:56) - VIEW 

THEME:  Quilts

• Grades K-10 - PBS LearningMedia - Geometric Quilts in the Style of Martha Osborn (2:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Arts After School - Quilt Squares (4:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Anna Von Mertens: Visual Arts - Quilting (10:32) - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 4-12 - PBS Learning Media - Quilts: Juanita Yeager (5:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Craft in America - Painting with Fabric: How Two Artists Make Quilts (8:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Craft in America - Quilts (55:06) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Picturing America - Quilts (6:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Quilts of Ken Burns in 360° (4:50) - VIEW and DO

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