Salamanders, Gerrymandering, and Ice Cream - July 17

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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Today is Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day, Lake Superior Day, National Ice Cream Day, and World Emoji Day.

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

National Natural Wonder: North Carolina - Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Salamanders, Gerrymandering, and Ice Cream

ON THIS DATE

• 1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States.
• 1917 -  The British royal family changes its name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor.
• '1945 - Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and  Minister Winston Churchill began meeting at Potsdam.
• 1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
• 1981 - 114 people and injuring more than 200 injured when a walkway collapses at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1744 - Politician and vice president Elbridge Gerry
• 1763 - Businessman and philanthropist  - John Jacob Astor
• 1898 - Photographer Berenice Abbott
• 1899 - Actor James Cagney
• 1917 - Comedian Phyllis Diller
• 1921 - Guitarist Mary Osborne
• 1921 - Baseball player Toni Stone
• 1935 - Actor ad singer Diahann Carroll
• 1935 - Canadian actor Donald Sutherland
• 1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• 1950 - Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow
• 1954 - German chancellor and politician Angela Merkel

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy - LISTEN
• Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man - LISTEN

THEME: SALAMANDERS

• Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Up Close and Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders (13:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts  - Fire Salamander (2:59) -  VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Small Creatures/Large Lessons (7:13)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Caudata - Salamanders, Newts, Mudpuppies - READ
• Grades 6-9 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander (5:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  It's Okay to Be Smart - The Deadpool Salamander That Can Regrow Limbs (7:16) - VIEW

THEME: GERRYMANDERING

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. (10:33)- VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? (5:17) - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering (7:54) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer (25:30) -VIEW
• Grades 10-12 -NH PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head (57:24)- VIEW, READ and DO

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