Cinco de Mayo, Astronauts, Laughter, and African Art and Culture - May 5

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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Today is African World Heritage Day, Astronaut Day, Cartoonists Day, Cinco de Mayo, Lemonade Day, Museum Lover's Day, Nail Day, National Hoagie Day, Orthodox Easter, Oyster Day, Revenge of the Fifth, Portuguese Language Day, and World Laughter Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Today's Theme: Cinco de Mayo, Astronauts, Laughter,  and African Art and Culture
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ON THIS DATE

• 1260 - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
• 1809 - Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 1821 - Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena.
• 1904 - Boston American pitcher Cy Young throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 1925 - John T. Scopes is arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
• 1961 - Derry, NH native,  Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space.
• 1973 -  Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, a record that still stands.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1813 - Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard
• 1818 - German socialist and philosopher Karl Marx
• 1864 - Journalist Nellie Bly
• 1883 - Mathematician Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler
• 1910 - Author and illustrator Leo Lionni
• 1942 - Country singer Tammy Wynette
• 1943 - English actor and screenwriter Michael Palin
• 1988 - English singer-songwriter Adele

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Adele - Hello - LISTEN
• Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man - LISTEN
• ABBA - Waterloo - LISTEN
• David Bowie - Space Oddity - LISTEN
• Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on the ISS - Space Oddity - LISTEN
• Elton John - Rocket Man - LISTEN
• Donald O'Connor - Make Them Laugh - LISTEN

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
Asian Americans On the Big Screen

THEME:  Cinco de Mayo

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cinco de Mayo (2:01) - VIEW
• Grades 2-6 - All About the Holidays - Cinco de Mayo (1:33) - VIEW

THEME: Astronauts

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - A is for Astronaut (0:36) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pizza Delivery Astronaut the Musical (7:20) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Wimee's Words - Astronauts (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Ryan Meets an Astronaut (1:55) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Let's Go Luna - Cosmonauts and Astronauts (6:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Colorado Classroom - All About Astronauts - (1:56:39) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Astronauts Collection (51:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Curious Crew - Astronauts (2:00) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Space Clothes with Astronaut Doug Wheelock (5:47) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Life On the International Space Station: An Astronaut's Day (3:09)
  - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - My Path - Joe Acaba: NASA Astronaut  (1:32) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMeda - Smithsonian Science Starters - Gardening Time with Astronaut Peggy Whitson (3:59)  - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Space Chase USA - Race into Orbit - Gagarin and Shepard (1:31) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - New Hampshire in Space (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen? (5:03) - VIEW

THEME:  African Art and Culture

• Grades 4-12 - National Museum of African Art - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - Yale University Art Gallery - African Art - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - The Kennedy Center - African Dance - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Africa's Vibrant Arts: Past and Present (54:28) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Arts Plus - African Art  (6:52) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - West African Ankara Prints (6:21) - VIEW

THEME:  Laughter

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo Laugh Compilation (1:56) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Wimee's Words - Laughter (26:46) - VIEW
• PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - Lions Laughing (1:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Electric Company - Laugh-o-Graph Home Activity - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Global Oneness Project - Laugh Clown Laugh (7:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Jerry Seinfeld on the Science of Laughter (7:40) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Exploring Hate Specials - Can I Laugh At That? (1:08:11) - VIEW

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NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET - Nabucco
Sunday, 5/5 from 2-4:30 pm NHPBS
Ancient Babylon comes to life in Verdi's exhilarating early masterpiece. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her turn as his vengeful daughter, Abigaille. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

POETRY IN AMERICA - Hill Country
Sunday, 5/5 from 6:30-7 pm NHPBS
God drives down from the mountains behind the wheel of a Jeep, in this poem by Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. poet laureate. Smith illuminates the ambrosial bounty of Texas Hill Country, where she’s joined by country music singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore, members of both Christian and Jewish communities, and host Elisa New. POETRY IN AMERICA Streaming Video

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H2O: THE MOLECULE THAT MADE US - Crisis
Sunday, 5/5 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Earth's changing water cycle -- and a globalized movement towards water for profit -- is forcing changes in humans' reliance on water. Can a geopolitical crisis be averted? H20: THE MOLECULE THAT MADE US Streaming Video

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