Cakes and Charles Schulz - November 26

SWEET LEARNING

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Today is National Cake Day, Good Grief Day, and Small Brewery Sunday.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Cakes and Charles Schulz
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ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington.
• 1863 - President Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November.  
• 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
• 1940 - Half a million Jews in Warsaw, Poland, are forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto.
• 1942 - Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York.
• 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders nationwide gasoline rationing.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1731 - English poet William Cowper 
• 1732 - Activist Sarah Moore Grimké
• 1832 - Surgeon, activist, and Medal of Honor recipient Mary Edwards Walker
• 1909 - French playwright Eugene Ionesco
• 1922 - Cartoonist Charles Schulz
• 1939 - Singer Tina Turner

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Tina Turner - Proud Mary - LISTEN
• Richard Harris - McArthur Park - LISTEN

THEME:  Cakes

• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peg+Cat - Cake Time (2:00) - VIEW AND DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peg+Cat - Make the Cake Digital Game - VIEW AND DO
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - Cupcake Calamity (1:56) - VIEW AND DO
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ruff Ruffman - Chocolate Mug Cake - DO
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Snack Cakes (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - ODD Squad - Missing Cakes (1:47) - VIEW AND DO
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Martha Speaks - Skits and Martha Bake a Cake - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Math at the Core - Proportional Relationships and Slope
   - VIEW AND DO
• Grades 6-12 - NPBS Video - Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths and Secret - Let Them Eat Cake (2:46) - - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - A Kentucky Organization Tha Changes Kids' Lives with Cake (3:23) - VIEW

THEME:  Charles Schulz

• Grades 5-12 - Charles Schulz Museum - EXPLORE
• Grades 5-12 - Peanuts Cartoon - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - 1965 Charles Schulz "Peanuts" Strip (2:58) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - 1949 Charles Schulz "Li'l Folks" Strip (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - 1985 Charles Schulz Snoopy Sketch  (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Charles Schulz Comic Strip Art ca. 1960 (3:55) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Charles Schulz Drawing and Letter (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - American Experience - Charles Shulz - READ
• Grades 7-12 - PBS NewsHour - 8 Things You Didn't Know About Charles Schulz - READ

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KEN BURNS BASEBALL
Saturday, 11/26 from 3-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Join Bob Costas for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Emmy Award-winning series, including exclusive interviews with Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and the filmmaking team. Additional interviewees speak about the impact BASEBALL had on America. BASEBALL - Streaming Video

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