Pasta and Picasso - October 25

Noodling Around with Learning

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Today is International Artists' Day, World Pasta Day, Punk for a Day Day, World Pizza Makers Day,  and Greasy Foods Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: San Diego Zoo Penguin Cam

LGBT History Resource of the Day: American Masters - Julian Eltinge: Female Impersonator of the Vaudeville Era
Scary Resource of the Day: Xavier Riddle: I Am Mary Shelley/I Am Harry Houdini

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Picasso and Pasta

ON THIS DATE

• 1415 - Henry V of England defeats the French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt.
• 1760 - King George III succeeds to the British throne following the death of his grandfather, George II.
• 1854 - The Battle of Balaclava, memorialized in the poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, takes place during the Crimean War.
• 1940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes the first African American general in the United States Army.
• 1971 - The UN General Assembly votes to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
• 1983 - A U.S.-led force invades Grenada.
• 1986 -  The Mets win Game 6 of the World Series in the 10th inning when a ground ball goes through Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner's legs. (Still not over it.)

BIRTHDAYS

• 1825 - Austrian composer Johann Strauss, Jr.
• 1838 - French composer Georges Bizet
• 1881 - Spanish artist Pablo Picasso
• 1891 - Radio commentator Father Charles Coughlin
• 1941 - Singer Helen Reddy
• 1969 - Comedian Samantha Bee
• 1984 - Singer Katy Perry

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Johann Strauss, Jr. - Blue Danube Waltz - LISTEN
• Georges Bizet - "Les Toreadors" from Carmen Suite No. 1 - LISTEN
• Helen Reddy - I Am Woman - LISTEN
• Katy Perry - Roar - LISTEN
  

THEME: PICASSO

• Grades 4-8 - Tate Museum - Who Is Pablo Picasso? - READ and VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Picasso Overturned the Rules of Sculpture (6:02) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Pablo Picasso Resources - READ ad VIEW
  
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: 1958 Pablo Picasso Drawings (4:03)  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: 1960 Picasso "Gros Oiseau Vert" Pot (4:04) - VIEW
• Grades 11-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - Art Cooking: PICASSO (16:23) - VIEW
• Grades Professional Development - NHPBS Video - Education Station: Teaching Ideas - History in a Bag, Primary/Secondary Sources, Pablo Picasso (28:56) - VIEW

THEME: PASTA

• Grades PreK-1- PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Kara Dioguardi: Pasta (1:23) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS Video - Kid Vision - How Pasta is Made (9:01) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS Video - Full-Time Kid - How to Make Rainbow Pasta (with an adult!) (2:38) - VIEW and DO

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