Autumn, Elephants, and Rhinos - September 22

Falling Into Learning You Will Never Forget

Thursday, September 22, 2022

• Today is American Business Women's Day, Autumnal Equinox, Car Free Day, Elephant  Appreciation Day, Hobbit Day,  Ice Cream Cone Day, White Chocolate Day, and World Rhino Day.
  
  
• September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
  
  
• Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: Hispanic Heritage Award - A Linda Ronstadt Melody
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Autumn

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  AUTUMN, ELEPHANTS, AND RHINOS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1776 - The British hang Nathan Hale for spying during the American Revolution.
• 1789 - The office of the United States Postmaster General is established.
• 1888 - The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
• 1980 - Iraq invades Iran

BIRTHDAYS

• 1791 - English scientist Michael Faraday
• 1879 - English tennis player and five-time Ladies Singles Wimbledon Champion Charlotte Cooper
• 1891 - African-American Expressionist painter Alma Thomas
• 1958 - Musician Joan Jett

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald  - Autumn in New York - LISTEN
• John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - Autumn Serenade - LISTEN
• Neil Young - Harvest Moon - LISTEN
• Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves - LISTEN
• The Kinks - Autumn Almanac - LISTEN
• Earth Wind and Fire - September - LISTEN
• Cheryl Wheeler - When Fall Comes to New England - LISTEN
• Greenday - Wake Me Up When September Ends - LISTEN
• Ed Sheeran - Autumn Leaves - LISTEN
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock and Roll - LISTEN
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Bad Reputation - LISTEN
• Henry Mancini - Baby  Elephant Walk - LISTEN

THEME:  AUTUMN

• Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Celebrating Fall Collection - READ, VIEW,  DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Guess the Season (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger - The Leaf Game (1:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - About the Seasons (Available in Spanish) (3:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Habitat Earth - Why Do We Have Different Seasons? (3:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Equinox Isn't What You Think It Is (2:11) - VIEW

THEME:  ELEPHANTS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Snuffy is Not an Elephant (2:46) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elephant Elevator Operator Song (2:18) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Grover and the Elephant (2:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Homer the Pet Elephant (2:44) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame street - Natalie Portman And Elmo Are Princess & Elephant (4:24) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - Elephant Fun at the Zoo (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo Safari Park - Elephant Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12  - Smithsonian's National Zoo - Elephant Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - The Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary - EleCam - VIEW
• Grades K-4 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orphaned Baby Elephants (1:47) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades K-4  - Wild Kratts - Nosing Around (1:54)  - VIEW 
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts' Creatures - Thr Baby Elephant's Trunk (1:51) -VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Unforgettable Elephants (4:36) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - EARTH A New Wild -Living with Sumatran Elephants - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Grasslands Elephants (1:57) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Elephant and the Termite - Creating Water Holes (5:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Proboscidea - Elephants - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - How Elephants Listen ... With Their Feet (3:38) - VIEW
• Grades 5-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Earth: A New Wild -Living with Sumatran Elephants (5:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Forest Elephants (3:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Desert Elephants (4:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Elephants (7:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time - Age of Elephants (4:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Elephant Whisperer - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise (55:11) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Animal IQ - Elephants: Do Giant Brains Mean More Smarts: (11:38) -VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Elephants Offer Clues To Cancer's Secrets (8:10) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME:  RHINOS

• Grades PreK-12 - Houston Zoo - Rhino Yard Cam - VIEW
  
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Rhino Bowl Game - DO
  
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Ruff Ruffman Show - Dress that Rhino Game - DO
  
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Ruff Ruffman Show - Turn Your Rhino Into a Dog (Available in Spanish) (4:08) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Crayola - Rhino Rescue Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades K-5 - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers - Rhinoceous Curriculum - DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Meet the Rhino (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Rhino Crash Course (5:10) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Go Wild: The Endangered Eastern Black Rhino (6:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Youg Explorers - Giraffes and Rhinoceroses (10:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Nature - Rhinocerous - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rhinocerous Capture (4:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rhinocerous Release (2:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Can Poop Help Protect Rhinos From Poaching? (3:03) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Sudan Became the Last Northern White Rhino (Sudan died on March 19, 2018) (2:35) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Extinction: The Facts - The Last Two White Rhinos (2:16) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Eons - How the Chalicothere Split in Two (7:03) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The History of Climate Cycles (and the Woolly Rhino) (13:19) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk on the Earth (7:53) - VIEW
• Professioal Development (9-12) - Exponential Models: Rhinos and M&Ms (37:59) - VIEW and DO

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AMERICA REFRAMED - We Like It Like that
Thursday, 9/22 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
The story of Latin boogaloo is New York City. It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South Bronx, and Brooklyn. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

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