Pumpkins, Wolves, and the Erie Canal - October 26
On the Vine and on the Whine Learning
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Today is Howl at The Moon Night, National Pumpkin Day, Chicken Fried Steak Day, and Mince Meat Pie Day.
Animal Cam of the Day: Bat World Sanctuary Bat Cams
Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Behind the Lens: Leo Herrera Imagines an Alternate World Without AIDS
Scary Resource of the Day: Monstrum: The Killer Origins of the Werewolf
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Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Pumpkins, Wolves, and the Erie Canal
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- 1774 - The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
- 1825 - The Erie Canal opens connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
- 1881 - The gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and "Doc" Holliday and Ike Clanton's gang leaves three members of the Clanton gang dead.
- 1994 - Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty.
- 2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2005 - The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros in game four to win their first World Series since 1917.
- 1911 - Singer Mahalia Jackson
- 1941 - Children's author and illustrator Steven Kellogg
- 1946 - Game show host Pat Sajak
- 1947 - Politician Hillary Clinton
- 1951 - Painter and director Julian Schnabel
- Mahalia Jackson -
Amazing Grace - LISTEN - Pete Seeger - The Erie Canal - LISTEN
Bruce Springsteen - The Erie Canal - LISTEN - The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight - LISTEN
- Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - LISTEN
- Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making Pumpkin Faces (1:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Surprises in the Pumpkin Patch (1:25) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pumpkins on Halloween (1:50) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck: Pumpkin Soup (5:01) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Daisy's Pretty Pumpkin (3:45) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - Dinosaur Train - Pumpkin Contest (2:42) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Count On It! - Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part I (26:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Count On It! - Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part 2 (26:47) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Carving Out the Pumpkin (2:37) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Pumpkin Carving (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - "Ugly" Food and Food Waste (2:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grade 4 - PBS LearningMedia - Lessons in Matter and Energy - Barfing Pumpkin (2:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - Monster Pumpkin (1:20) - VIEW and DO
- Grades Parents - PBS Parents - Math with Pumpkins - DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow - The ORIGINAL Pumpkin Pie (1:19) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow - Pumpkin (3:43) - VIEW
THEME: Wolves
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Catching the Big Bad Wolf - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Big Sad Wolf - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit Casts the Big Bad Wolf - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -The New Three Little Pigs Story - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Running Like Wolves Collection - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Howl Like a Wolf - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Arctic Wolf Cubs Learn Pack Behavior - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Wolfpack in the Woods - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Wolves - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Keeping Up With the Wolfpack - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Wolves - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Earth: A New Wild - Wolves of Yellowstone (Available in Spanish) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Canidae - Coyotes, Dogs, and Wolves - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Red Wolf - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Saving a Species - Wolves - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wolves: The Ecology of Fear - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Eons - Life, Sex & Death Among the Dire Wolves - VIEW
THEME: ERIE CANAL
- Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Building the Erie Canal - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - 10 That Changed America - When Mules Ruled the Canal (2:40) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Impact of the Erie Canal on America (1:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - 15 Miles On The Erie Canal Part 1 (57:10) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - 15 Miles On The Erie Canal Part 2 (47:40) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Canal Towns (1:01:26) - VIEW
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BASEBALL - A Whole New Ballgame
Thursday, 10/26 from 3-5 pm NHPBS
The Eighth Inning, which takes place against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, opens with the improbable last-inning home run by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Bill Mazeroski that wins the 1960 World Series and signals the beginning of the end of the Yankee dynasty. Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's record by hitting 61 home runs in the 1961 season. Sandy Koufax dominates most of the decade and then leaves the game at the height of his power because of the threat of crippling arthritis. BASEBALL - Streaming Video
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NOVA - Saving Notre Dame
Thursday, 10/26 from 3-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
When the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire in April 2019, Paris came perilously close to losing over 800 years of history. As engineers rebuild, researchers use cutting-edge technology to piece together what happened and restore the cathedral. NOVA Streaming Video
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AMERICA REFRAMED - No Time to Fail
Thursday, 10/26 from 8-9:30 pm NHPBS WORLD
Rhode Island's local election administrators and poll workers work around the clock to secure the vote for their community during the 2020 election -- amidst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President and the deadly threat of a global pandemic. Once invisible to the general public, NO TIME TO FAIL spotlights election administrators as the ground zero of democracy. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video
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