Tsunamis - November 5

Waves of Learning

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Today is Election Day, Tsunami Awareness Day, Football Day, Donut Day, Play Monopoly Day, Chinese Take-out Day, and Guy Fawkes Day.

Native American Heritage Resource of the Day - The Dreamcatcher: Native American Culture
Drum Resource of the Day -  Ancestors Talk Through Drums

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  TSUNAMIS 

ON THIS DATE

• 1862 - Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac
• 1872 - Susan B. Anthony tries to vote in the presidential election and is later fined $100.
• 1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
• 1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Wendell Willkie and becomes the first and only President to be elected to a third term.
• 1968 - Richard Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey and is elected as 37th President of the United States.
• 1974 - Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected governor in the United States without succeeding her husband.
• 1996 - Bill Clinton defeats Bob Dole and is re-elected President of the United States.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1607 - Dutch painter Anna Maria van Schurman
• 1855 - Union leader and politician Eugene V. Debs
• 1857 - Journalist and reformer Ida Tarbell
• 1913 - British actor Vivien Leigh
• 1941 - Singer Art Garfunkel
• 1943 - Playwright and actor Sam Shepard
• 1952 - Basketball player Bill Walton
• 1960 - English actor Tilda Swinton
• 1973 - Baseball player Johnny Damon

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence - LISTEN
• Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine - LISTEN

THEME: TSUNAMIS

• Grades 4-12 - NASA Space Place - What is a Tsunami? - READ and VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NOAA  - What is a Tsunami? - READ and VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NOAA - U.S. Tsunami Warning System - READ and CHECK
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia -Tsunami Propagation (Available in Spanish) (1:45) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Birth of a Tsunami (2:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Alaska Tsunami (3:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Scary Tsunamis (Available in Spanish) (9:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Can Animals Predict Disaster? (Available in Spanish) (1:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EarthSky - Tsunami Forecasting System (7:48) - LISTEN

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