Olympics - April 6

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

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Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Olympics
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ON THIS DATE

• 1327 - The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
• 1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
• 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece.
• 1909 - Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson reach the North Pole.
• 1917 - The United States declares war on Germany.
• 1973 - American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• 1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt bans the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
• 2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball titles in the same season.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1135 -  Spanish Jewish philosopher Maimonides
• 1483 - Italian painter Raphael
• 1671 - French poet and playwright Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
• 1860 - French jeweler Rene Lalique 
• 1928 - Biologist James Watson
• 1929 - Pianist, composer, and conductor André Previn
• 1937 - Actor Billy Dee Williams
• 1942 - Producer and director Barry Levinson
• 1969 - Actor Paul Rudd

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Andre Previn Plays "Rhapsody in Blue" - LISTEN
• Olympic Fanfare by John Williams - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 

Taking Your Olympic Measure by Alberto Rios

THEME:  OLYMPICS

• Grades PreK-2 - Peg + Cat - Animal Winter Olympics (1:50) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS Parents - Host a Family Olympics - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Plum Landing - Animal-ympics - DO
• Grades Prek-3 - Molly o Denali - Native Youth Olympics (2:01) - VIEW
• GGrades K-3 - Odd Squad - O Games (22:32) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - Design Squad - Olympic-Themed Sports Equipment - DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Thing Explained - The Math of the Winter Olympics (3:49) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - Olympics Official Site - READ and VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Special Olympics: Figure Skating (2:06) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Greeks - The Origins of the Olympics (6:54) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Boys of '36: Preparing for the Olympics (2:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany | Teaching with Primary Sources - READ and DO

WATCH

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

8 DAYS: TO THE MOON AND BACK
Saturday, 4/06 from 8-9:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations between Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive materials, and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing. 8 DAYS: TO THE MOON AND BACK Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

THE SECRET SONG
Saturday, 4/06 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
An immersive documentary illuminating the triumphant power of music as a tight-knit school community must find new ways to connect, learn, and perform during one unforgettable and historic school year in San Francisco. THE SECRET SONG Streaming Video

INDEPENDENT LENS - The Big Payback
Saturday, 4/06 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
The Big Payback is the story of how a rookie alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans and stirred up a debate about the debt owed from the U.S. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

THE COST OF INHERITANCE: AN AMERICA REFRAMED SPECIAL
Saturday, 4/06 from 9:30-10:30 pm NH WORLD
Explore the issue of reparations for African Americans. Building on key issues of diversity and democracy; slavery and its aftermath; and socio-economic indicators, this documentary puts real people and their family histories into the reparations debate. THE COST OF INHERITANCE Streaming Video

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