Kenya - December 12

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Today is Poinsettia Day, Gingerbread House Day, Soundcheck Day, and Ambrosia Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Craft in America: Building and Decorating a Gingerbread House

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

• 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
• 1870 - The first black congressman, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina, takes his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from Britain.
• 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court stops the vote count in Florida in Bush v. Gore.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1745 - First Supreme Court  Chief Justice John Jay
• 1821 - French novelist  Gustave Flaubert
• 1863 - Norweigan painter Edvard Munch 
• 1915 - Singer and actor Frank Sinatra
• 1952 - Gymnast Cathy Rigby

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Frank Sinatra - My Way - LISTEN

THEME: KENYA

• Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - K-2-424: For You Are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane (26:40) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - San Diego Zoo Kids - Wild Watch Kenya (4:05) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Time for School - Kenya: Joab: Media Gallery - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Kenya Takes on E-Waste Problem (7:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - The Global Classroom - Destination: Kenya (57:05) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Twins of Mankala (11:09) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS NewsHour - Inside Kenya -VIEW and READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Compare and Contrast: Education in Japan and Kenya (3:12) - VIEW and DO

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FRONTLINE - The Discord Leaks
Tuesday, 12/12 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
How a young National Guardsman allegedly leaked classified documents onto the Discord chat platform. With The Washington Post, Jack Teixeira's alleged leak of national security secrets, why he wasn't stopped, and the role of platforms like Discord. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

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POV - Midwives
Tuesday, 12/12 from 2-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Meet two women running a makeshift clinic in western Myanmar torn apart by ethnic violence. The Buddhist owner helps her apprentice part of a Muslim minority group denied their basic rights to become a steady health care provider for her people. POV Streaming Video

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