Money and Harriet Tubman - March 10

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Today is the Academy Awards, Check Your Batteries, Harriet Tubman Day, Bagpipe Day, Day of Awesomeness, Mario Day, Daylight Saving Time, Girl Scout Sunday, Pack Your Lunch Day, and U.S. Paper Money Day.

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

• 1848 - The Senate ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the war with Mexico.
• 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.
• 1922 - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison.
• 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1977 - Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1876 - Sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington
• 1903 - Politician, author, and diplomat Clare Boothe Luce
• 1924 - Editor Judith Jones
• 1940 - Actor Chuck Norris
• 1957 - Saudi Arabian terrorist Osama bin Laden
• 1971 - Actor Jon Hamm
• 1972 - Rapper and producer Timbaland

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Cabaret - Money - LISTEN
• Barret Strong - Money (That's What I Want) - LISTEN
• The Beatles - Money (That's What I Want) - LISTEN

THEME:  Money

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - How Do People Get Money? (1:32) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia -  Young Explorers - What is Money? (1:56) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Bank & Money Field Trip (7:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Econ and Me Instructional Series - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - US Mint - H.I.P Pocket Change - VIEW, READ, DO, PLAY
• Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Money Collection - VIEW and PLAY
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Is Cryptocurrency the Future of Money? (8:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearingMedia -  Frontline - Generation Like: How "Likes" Become Money (3:55) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME:  Harriet Tubman

• Grades K-4 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Harriet Tubman (23:19) - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - Kennedy Center - Harriet Tubman Four Lesson Plans - DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Harriet Tubman Lesson Plan - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Harriet Tubman Video (Available in Spanish) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - National Park Service - Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad - Curriculum Resources -READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - EDSITEment - Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Harriet Tubman Replaces Andrew Jackson on the $20 Bill (7:30) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom (54:06) - VIEW

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