Hats - November 25

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Monday, November 25, 2024

Today is Parfait Day and Hat Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource - Native America - Episode 2: Nature to Nations

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

ON THIS DATE

• 1783 - The last British troops leave New York.
• 1947 - Movie studio executives blacklist the Hollywood 10 after they refuse to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
• 1950 - The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 hits 22 American states, killing 353 people. Wind speeds at Concord, NH were recorded at 110 mph and 160 mph on Mount Washington.
• 1963 - President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• 1984 - 36 musicians record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
• 1999 - A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1835 - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie
• 1846 - Temperance activist Carrie Nation
• 1914 - Baseball player Joe DiMaggio
• 1946 - Arthur author and illustrator Marc Brown
• 1952 - NH politician and former governor John Lynch
• 1960 - Lawyer and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr.

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? - LISTEN
• Simon and Garfunkle - Mrs. Robinson - LISTEN
• Prince - Raspberry Beret - LISTEN

THEME: HATS

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Clifford the Big Red Dog - Pirate Hats,  Ahoy! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - One of These Things: HAT (0:30) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Curious George - Hat Grab Game  - DO 
• Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - Party Hat Printables - DO
  
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Crafts - Chef Hats - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Crafts - Leprechaun Hats - DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia -  A World of Stories - Anansi and the Hat Shaking Dance (7:17) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Call it a Night (11:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - EDSITEment -Benjamin Franklin's Many "Hats" - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - GQ - 400 Years of (Men's) Hats in 3 Minutes (2:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Victoria and Albert Museum - Hats - READ and VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Museum of Art Boston - Conservation Project: Costume Accessories, Hats: Simple Board Mounts - READ and VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - MN Original - Milliner Karen Morris (7:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Poetry in America - Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Mental Floss - 8 World Famous Historical Hats - READ
• Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - The Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat - READ and DO

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