Rabbits, Punctuation, and the Supreme Court - September 24

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Saturday, September 24, 2022

• Today is Hug A Vegetarian Day, National Ghost Hunting Day, International Lace Day, International Rabbit Day, and Punctuation 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: University Place: A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Bugs Bunny Opera 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Rabbits, Punctuation, and the Supreme Court
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ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - Congress passes the Judiciary Act establishing the office of the Attorney General and the Supreme Court
• 1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt names Wyoming's Devils Tower as the nation's first National Monument.
• 1957 - President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation.
• 1968 - 60 Minutes premieres on CBS.
• 1991 - Nirvana releases the album Nevermind.
• 1996 - The U.S. and other nuclear powers sign a treaty ending testing and development of nuclear weapons
• 2019 - The House of Representatives begins the first impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1893 - Singer-songwriter Blind Lemon Jefferson
• 1897 - Author F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1936 - Puppeteer Jim Henson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - LISTEN
• Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan - LISTEN
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - LISTEN
  
• Elton John - Jack Rabbit - LISTEN
• Cab Calloway - Run Little Rabbit - LISTEN

THEME:  RABBITS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mumford's Magic Rabbit (2 ;17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Rabbit Discuss Practice (0:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Bunny is Coming to Town (2:16) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 -  Wild Kratts - Rabbit vs. Hare (2:39) - VIEW 
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature -  Rabbits vs. Hares Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LeaningMedia - Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits (6:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Rabbits (7:37) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Leporidae - rabbits, hares - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits (53:13) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits - Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles (4:40) -  VIEW and DO

THEME: PUNCTUATION

• Grades K-3 - PBS Kids - Steve Songs - Punctuation (1:00) - VIEW
• Grades 1-12 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar -  Using Proper Punctuation for Titles (0:43) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar - Using Punctuation for Breaks and Pauses (0:40) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar - How to Punctuate Items in a Series (0:44) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar - Using Commas and Quotations (0:46) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar - How to Link Clauses with Semicolons (0:57) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar - How to Introduce Lists and Quotes with Colons (0:44) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 2-7 - PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar - How to Use Commas for Yes, No, Tag Questions, and Direct Address (0:51) - READ, VIEW, DO

THEME: SUPREME COURT

• Grades PreK-1 -Sesame Street: Sonia Sotomayor: "The Justice Hears a Case." (3:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 -Sesame Street: Sonia Sotomayor and Abby - Career (2:18) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A More or Less Perfect Union - Brown vs. Board of Education (4:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - A Class Apart: A History Lesson for the Supreme Court (2:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Supreme Court Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Third Branch (5:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - America From Scratch - Should Supreme Court Justices Be Elected by the People? (7:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie & Fitch in Religious Dress Case (6:52) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Supreme Court - A New Kind of Justice (4:24) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Supreme Court - The Civil Rights Cases (6:39) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Supreme Court - FDR and the Court (7:08) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Supreme Court - Nixon and the Court (4:30) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Supreme Court - Workers Rights (3:27) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Supreme Court - Minersville School District v Gobitis (4:54) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Supreme Revenge (54:47) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Due Process - Justice Sotomayor: Up Close and Personal (26:48) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Due Process - Justice Ginsburg: Women on the Bench (26:40) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options
NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

SCIGIRLS - Dolphin Dive
Saturday, 9/24 from 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE
SciGirls Serena and Ceci bond with bottlenosed dolphins, exploring their behavior at the Dolphins Plus Research Center. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish

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