Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockefeller - July 8

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Friday, July 8, 2022

Today is Be a Kid Again Day, National Ice Cream Sundae Day, Math 2.0 Day, Worldwide Art Day, and National Freezer Pop Day

July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.

National Natural Wonder: South Dakota - Badlands

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockafeller

ON THIS DATE

• 1776 - Colonel John Nixon gives the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Square in Philadelphia.
• 2010 - LeBron James announces he is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.
• 2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the final mission of the  Space Shuttle program.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1839 - Oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller
• 1908 - Politician and vice president Nelson Rockefeller
• 1951 - Actor Anjelica Huston
• 1958 - Actor Kevin Bacon
• 1970 - Musician Beck

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Beck - Where It's At - LISTEN
  

THEME: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street -Thomas Jefferson Needs a Quill (4:19) -  VIEW
• Grades K-5 - EDSITEment - Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence Lesson - DO
• Grades 2-5 - Liberty Kids  - The First Fourth (23:17) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - Mission US Interactive Games - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Declaration of Independence (1776) and Resource Materials - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -Thomas Jefferson - Drafting the Declaration of Independence (3:38) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - National Archive - Declaration of Independence: A Transcription - READ

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

• Grades 6-8 - EDSITEment - The Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry - DO
• Grades 6-12-  NHPBS learning Media - American Experience - Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Senior -  READ
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Rockefellers - Chapter One (9:37) - VIEW

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