The Periodic Table and Charles Dickens - February 7

The Elements of Learning

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Today is Ballet Day, Harry Potter Book Night, National Fettuccine Alfredo Day, Periodic Table Day, Send a Card to a Friend Day, and Rose Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald

• American Masters - Ella Fitzgerald
• NHPBS Video - Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Passe Live  from the Maine Center for the Arts 
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Ella Fitzgerald/I Am Jesse Owens
• National Endowment for the Arts - Ella Fitzgerald
• National Women's History Museum - Ella Fitzgerald

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Periodic Table and Charles Dickens
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ON THIS DATE

• 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• 1962 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• 1964 - The Beatles arrive in the United States for the first time.
• 1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1478 - English statesman Thomas More
• 1813 - English novelist Charles Dickens
• 1817 -  Abolitionist leader  Frederick Douglass
• 1867 - Writer Laura Ingalls Wilder
• 1883 -  Composer and pianist Eubie Blake
• 1885 - Writer Sinclair Lewis
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter Garth Brooks
• 1962 - English actor and comedian Eddie Izzard
• 1965 - Actor and comedian Chris Rock
• 1978 - Actor Ashton Kutcher

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LISTEN
• Eubie Blake - Pie, Pie, Blackbird Short Film - LISTEN
• Garth Brooks - Sesame Street - Together We Make Music - LISTEN
  
• The Clash - Rock the Casbah - LISTEN

THEME:  The Periodic Table

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Developing the Periodic Table (Available in Spanish) (2:31)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova: Hunting the Elements Collection (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Women in Chemistry: Heroes of the Periodic Table (4:59)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - How The Elements Got Their Names (3:31) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - The Timeline of the Periodic Table (1:02) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Periodic Table Interactive - DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Periodic Table Statistics Interactive - READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Chemistry: Unit 4 - Organizing Atoms and Electrons (28:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Chemistry Challenges and Solutions Course - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Physics of the Periodic Table (56:59) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Chemistry 401 - History of the Periodic Table (29:22) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Chemistry 402 - Organization of the Periodic Table (27:33) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Chemistry 403 - Trends in the Periodic Table (26:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Chemistry Matters - Periodic Table (15:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Out of Our Elements - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements  - Life (53:17) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements  - Reactions (53:17) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements  - Indestructible (53:17) -  VIEW

THEME:  Charles Dickens

• Grades 2-5 - BBC Bitesize - Who Was Charles Dickens? - READ and DO
• Grades 6-8 - Read Write Think - Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party - READ and DO
• Grades 8-12 - British Council - TeachingEnglish - Charles Dickens - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - Read Write Think - A Tale of a Few Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities Lesson Plan - READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Theater Learning Library - Charles Dickens - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Adapting Dickens from Page to Screen  - VIEW, READ, DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

NATURE - Flyways
Wednesday, 2/07 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Shorebirds fly thousands of miles each year along ancient and largely unknown migratory routes called Flyways. Follow conservationists and scientists who are racing against the clock to understand and save these shorebirds. NATURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Easter Island Origins
Wednesday, 2/07 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
The giant stone heads of Easter Island have inspired theories for centuries. Now, new research reveals intriguing evidence of the origins and inspirations of the ancient Rapanui people who created the iconic monoliths. NOVA Streaming Video

SECRETS OF THE DEAD - Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Wednesday, 2/07 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Follow scientists who are trying to determine if Titanoboa, a 43-foot snake, or a giant crocodilian was the apex predator in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia, 58 million years ago. SECRETS OF THE DEAD Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE- 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

CIVILIZATIONS - Color and Light
Wednesday, 2/07 from 11 am-12 pm NH EXPLORE
Explore the story of light and color in art both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy. Journey from Gothic cathedrals and Indian courtly painting to modern art. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

MAKING BLACK AMERICA: Through the Grapevine - Episode One
Wednesday, 2/07 from 1-2 pm NH EXPLORE
Hour one explores how free Black people, in the North and South, built towns, established schools, and held conventions - creating robust networks to address the political, economic, and social needs of the entire Black community. MAKING BLACK AMERICA Streaming Video

MAKING BLACK AMERICA: Through the Grapevine - Episode Two
Wednesday, 2/07 from 2-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Hour two explores how African Americans turn within, creating a community that not only sustains but empowers. From HBCUs to Black businesses to the Harlem Renaissance to political organizations, Black life flourished. MAKING BLACK AMERICA Streaming Video

MAKING BLACK AMERICA: Through the Grapevine - A Gowing Resistance
Wednesday, 2/07 from 3-4 pm NH EXPLORE
To survive economic disaster, hour three shows how African Americans relied on informal economies, grassroots organizations and cultural innovations behind the color line to dismantle the oppressive realities of Jim Crow. MAKING BLACK AMERICA Streaming Video

MAKING BLACK AMERICA: Through the Grapevine - Life Behind the Veil
Wednesday, 2/07 from 4-5 pm NH EXPLORE
Despite the gains of legal desegregation, hour four reveals how Black political and cultural movements - from Black Power to Black Twitter - provide a safe space to debate, organize and celebrate. MAKING BLACK AMERICA Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (956) More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Wednesday, 2/07 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Chasing Trane is about an outside-the-box thinker whose boundary-shattering music continues to impact and influence people around the world. This portrait of a remarkable jazz artist reveals the critical events, passions, experiences, and challenges that shaped the life of John Coltrane and his revolutionary sounds. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Wednesday, 2/07 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Explore the extraordinary life and musical career of the legendary drummer, composer, and social activist. The film follows Roach's career and personal struggles and triumphs, across a series of masterful musical innovations and artistic reinventions. His creativity and unshakable sense of mission kept him at the forefront of music and activism across seven decades--from the era of the Jim Crow South to the Civil Rights years... from the heady days of post-war modern jazz to the hip-hop era and beyond. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

CAN WE ALL GET ALONG: THE SEGREGATION OF JOHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL
Wednesday, 2/07 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
At his 30th high school reunion filmmaker Pablo Miralles questions what has happened to his once integrated public high school in Pasadena, CA. Later he reflects on whether or not to send his own son to the school today. Gradually he begins to understand how perceptions and policies have created almost insurmountable challenges to maintaining well-funded and diverse public schools. CAN WE ALL GET ALONG Streaming Video

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