Spinach, Gerrymandering, and Robert Frost - March 26

Spinach, Gerrymandering, and Robert Frost - March 26

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Sunday, March 26, 2023

Today is Live Long And Prosper Day, National Spinach Day, Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, and National Nougat Day.

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Today's Theme: Spinach, Gerrymandering, and Robert Frost
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ON THIS DATE

  • 1169 - Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
  • 1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
  • 1812 - A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts.
  • 1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh.
  • 1979 - The Camp David Peace Accords are signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.

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SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out - LISTEN
  • Aerosmith - Dream On - LISTEN

THEME:  SPINACH

  • Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Glowing Spinach (3:04) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Hydroponic Spinach  (5:32) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS Food - Spinach Recipes - READ and DO

THEME:  GERRYMANDERING

  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. (10:33) - VIEW, READ, and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? (5:17) - VIEW, READ and DO
  • Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering (7:54) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer (25:30) - VIEW
  • Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head (57:24) - VIEW, READ and DO

THEME:  Robert Frost

  • Grades K-12 - Robert Frost Farm - Teacher's Resources - READ and DO
  • Grades K- 6 - Robert Frost Farm - Kids' Page - READ and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - Poetry Foundation - Robert Frost - READ
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Poems from the Field: Harvest (5:28)-  VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Poetry In America - Mending Wall by Robert Frost (25:21) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - Academy of American Poets - Robert Frost - READ
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Appraisal: Robert Frost Inscribed Books (1:37) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Voices and Visions - Robert Frost (58:53) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NEWSHOUR - What We’ve Gotten Wrong About this Robert Frost Classic (5:21) - VIEW

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HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN - Lien-Hang Nguyen
Sunday, 3/26 from 7-7:30 pm NH WORLD
Award-winning historian and former war refugee Lien-Hang T. Nguyen draws on her personal and professional journey in a discussion on the contested history of the war in Vietnam, visiting new historical terrain that continues to elicit national debate, deep soul-searching, and purported lessons for America's role overseas. HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN Streaming Video

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