Endangered Species - December 28

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Today is Endangered Species Act Day, Pledge of Allegiance Day, Call a Friend Day, National Card Playing Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, Download Day, and National Short Film Day.

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

• 1832 - Vice President John C. Calhoun resigns.
• 1836 - Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
• 1846 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
• 1895 - Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
• 1945 - Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
• 1973 - Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1789 - Writer Catharine Maria Sedgwick
• 1856 - 28th President Woodrow Wilson
• 1882 - Danish transgender artist Lili Elbe
• 1922 - Comic creator Stan Lee
• 1934 - English actor Maggie Smith
• 1946 - Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee
• 1954 - Actor Denzel Washington
• 1973 - Talk show host and Manchester West Graduate Seth Meyers
• 1978 - Singer-songwriter John Legend

SONG OF THE DAY 

• John Legend - Come Together Song - LISTEN
  

THEME:  Endangered Species

• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Jump Back in Time (2:22)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS Learning Media - Ferret Town (27:23) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Life At Risk (14:49)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Endangered Species (5:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Endangered Species Q&A (4:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ocean Today - Endangered Sea Turtles (2:41) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - US Fish and Wildlife - Endangered Species - READ
• Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander (5:26 - VIEW and DO0
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise -  Endangered Species: Worth Saving from Extinction? (6:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearingMedia - Ocean Today - Endangered Sharks (2:15) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Salt Creek Tiger Beetles (6:34) - VIEW and DO

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