Florida Everglades - December 6

Tropical Wetland Learning (with Gators)

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Today is St. Nicholas Day, Trick Shot Day, Microwave Oven Day and National Gazpacho Day

Winter Resource of the Day: Elinor Wonders Why: Winter Camouflage

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Florida Everglades
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ON THIS DATE

• 1877 - The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
• 1884 - The Washington Monument is completed.
• 1907 - 362 men and boys die in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va.
• 1917 - Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
• 1923 - President Calvin Coolidge delivers the first presidential address on the radio.
• 1933 - U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
• 1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated

BIRTHDAYS

• 1878 - Mexican politician Elvia Carrillo Puerto
• 1886 - Poet Joyce Kilmer
• 1896 - Songwriter Ira Gershwin
• 1898 - Photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt
• 1908 - Gangster Baby Face Nelson
• 1920 - Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck
• 1967 - Producer and director Judd Apatow

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Ella Fitzgerald - Someone to Watch Over Me - LISTEN
• Dave Brubeck - Take Five - LISTEN
  

THEME:  Florida Everglades

• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - An Everglades Visit (2:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild TV - Everglades: Pig Frog (6:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia -DragonflyTV - Weevils (5:18) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Florida's Everglades: The River of Grass Interactive Lesson - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LerningMedia - The National Parks - Marjorie Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades (14:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EarthSky - Upmanu Lall Uses Climate Models to Help Restore Everglades (8:00) - LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Battleground Everglades Series - VIEW
• Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Swamp - Impact of 1928 Hurricane on Everglades Migrant Workers (6:01) - VIEW and DO

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NATURE - American Arctic
Wednesday, 12/06 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has long protected survivors of the Ice Age, but this once remote and frozen fortress is on the brink of change. Now, for the caribou, musk oxen, polar bears, and Arctic foxes, the ice age is slipping away. NATURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Ghosts of Stonehenge
Wednesday, 12/06 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Who built Stonehenge and why? Discover how the last decade of groundbreaking archaeological digs has revealed major new clues to Britain's enigmatic 5,000-year-old site and the people who constructed it. NOVA Streaming Video

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FIRST CIVILIZATIONS - Religion
Wednesday, 12/06 from 11 am-12 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Discover the secret to the stability and cohesion of Ancient Egypt-religion. When people share a core set of beliefs, they are more likely to identify as one. That was true for the first civilizations and it's just as true today. FIRST CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Norman Lear
Wednesday, 12/06 from 1-2:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Discover how the prolific creator of "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons" and "Good Times" effected social change through his groundbreaking sitcoms and activism. Features George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Jon Stewart, Russell Simmons and others. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Wednesday, 12/06 from 2:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
This in-depth portrait of James Baldwin, one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century, uses archival material that reflects Baldwin's worldwide influence and appeal and includes interviews with family members, friends and notable colleagues, including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, William Styron, Amiri Baraka, Richard Avedon, and Bobby Short. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

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INDEPENDENT LENS - Two Gods
Wednesday, 12/06 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
In an East Orange, N.J. casket shop, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Countering tumultuous home lives and the dangerous undertow of the streets, they have found a way of teaching their young charges to embrace life. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

POV - An Act of Worship
Wednesday, 12/06 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
Dive down this counter-narrative and collective memory of the past 30 years of Muslim life in America by exploring pivotal moments in U.S. history and the impact of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy on young Muslims who came of age after 9/11. POV Streaming Video

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