Venus and Lyndon B. Johnson - August 27

End of Summer Learning!

Saturday, August 27, 2022

• Today is Banana Lover's Day, National Just Because Day. Tarzan Day, World Rock Paper Scissors Day.
  
  
• August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month.
  
  
• Health and Wellness Daily Resource: Exercise for Kids
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Kimchi Rice Sandwich

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Venus and Lyndon B. Johnson
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ON THIS DATE

• 1776 - General George Washinton and his troops are defeated by General William Howe at the Battle of Long Island (also known as the  Battle of Brooklyn.).
• 1859 - The first successful U.S. oil well is drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
• 1881 - The Georgia Hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, killing an estimated 700 people.
• 1883 - Krakatoa erupts leading to tidal waves that killed 36,000 on the islands of Java and Sumatra.
• 1893 - The Sea Islands Hurricane lands near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• 1962 - NASA launches Mariner 2 space probe on a mission to Venus.
• 2008 - Senator Barack Obama is nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1861 - Novelist Theodore Dreiser
• 1890 - Photographer and artist Man Ray
• 1908 - President Lyndon B. Johnson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Shocking Blue - Venus - LISTEN
• Gustav Holst  - Venus - LISTEN

THEME: VENUS

• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go! -The Sun and the Four Inner Planets (2:32) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go! -  Goldilock or Not (3:42)  - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ask MIT - How Hot is the Core of Venus? (1:01) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NASA Space Place - Venus - READ
• Grades 3-12 - NASA - Venus - READ
• Grades 5-12- NHPBS Video - The Sky Guy - Venus (1:00) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Five Facts About Hot, Volcanic Venus (0:57) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA Planetary Sciences - the 2012 Transit of Venus (3:37)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - Venus May Have Life (13:01) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Venus (10:46)  - VIEW
• Grades 11-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS Space Time - Will Mars or Venus Kill You First? (8:44)  - VIEW

THEME: LYNDON B. JOHNSON

• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents - Lyndon B. Johnson (1:19) (Available in Spanish)  - VIEW, READ, DO 
• Grades 5-12 - The White House - Lyndon Johnson - READ
• Grades 6-12 - LBJ Presidential Library - Educational Resources - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Primary Source Set: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -1964: "The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" (3:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - "Passage of the Civil Rights Act" (3:22) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - EDSITEment - The Great Society and the Case for the Humanities - READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - American Experience - LBJ - A Young Leader (1:27) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s - READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - BackStory: Give Us the Ballot from "LBJ and the Great Society" - LISTEN
• Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - BackStory: Legislation Impossible - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - LISTEN

Watch 

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• AMERICAN MASTERS - Miles Davis
  Saturday, 8/27 from 6-8 pm NH WORLD
  Discover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos, and new interviews. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video
  
  
• INDEPENDENT LENS - Chasing Trane
  Saturday, 8/27 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
  Chasing Trane is about an outside-the-box thinker whose boundary-shattering music continues to impact and influence people around the world. This portrait of a remarkable jazz artist reveals the critical events, passions, experiences, and challenges that shaped the life of John Coltrane and his revolutionary sounds. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
  
  
• EXTINCTION: THE FACTS
  Saturday, 8/27 from 11 pm -- 12 am NH WORLD
  With 1 million species at threat, David Attenborough explores extinction and how this crisis has consequences for us all, even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases. EXTINCTION: THE FACTS Streaming Video

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