Learning About Our History
Friday, May 31, 2024
Today is National Macaroon Day, National Smile Day, World Parrot Day, and World Otter Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Tulsa Race Massacre and Fire and Otters
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ON THIS DATE
- 1790 - The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
- 1889 - A dam break floods Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing over 2,000.
- 1911 - The RMS Titanic is launched.
1913 - The 17th Amendment, allowing for the popular election of U.S. senators, goes into effect.
- 1921 - The Tulsa race massacre kills up to 300.
- 1990 - The sitcom Seinfeld premieres
- 2005 - Former FBI official Mark Felt is identified as Deepthroat.
- 2017 - President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe."
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It - LISTEN
- Run DMC - It's Tricky -LISTEN
- Led Zepplin - When The Levee Breaks - LISTEN
THEME: The Tulsa Race Massacre and Fire
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - The Tulsa Massacre’s Effects on the Black Community 100 Years Later (6:48) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Art is Retelling the Powerful Stories of the Tulas Massacre (7:15) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Tulsa Revisited Special (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten (1:24:44) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Panel Discussion (57:57) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later (59:00) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Black Issues Forum - Remembering Tulsa and Investing for Racial Equity (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Black Journal - Juneteenth/The Tulsa Race Massacre (23:55) -VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Goin' Back to T-Town (53:28) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - Tulsa Race Massacre Research Guide - READ
- Grades 7-12 - Oklahoma Libraries - Tulsa Race Massacre - READ
- Grades 7-12 - National Endowments for the Humanities - Tulsa Race Massacre - READ
- Grades 7-12 - C-Span - Tulsa Race Massacre Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NY Times - Teaching About the Tulsa Race Massacre - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - Tulsa Historical Society and Museum - Tulsa Race Massacre - VIEW, READ, LISTEN
- Grades 7-12 - National Museum of African American History - Tulsa Objects - EXPLORE
THEME: Otters
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dance Like an Otter (1:02) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - Monterey Bay Aquarium Learn At Home Free Class - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - Sea Otters - Monterey Bay Aquarium - READ and VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Otter Power - (2:06) VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - River Otters vs. Sea Otters (7:00) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Cyberchase - Sea Otters, Kelp, and Urchins (2:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Monterey Bay Aquarium - Sea Otter Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonFly TV - Otters (7:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sea Otters vs. Climate Change (7:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - The Urchin and the Otter (6:49) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A Sea Otter's Adorable Adoption Story (6:54) - VIEW
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GREAT PERFORMANCES - Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things
Friday, 5/31 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers in a star-studded concert featuring Aaron Tveitt, Patrick Wilson, and more performing from shows like "Carousel," "South Pacific," "The King and I," "The Sound of Music" and more. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video
GURU NANAK: THE FOUNDER OF SIKHISM
Friday, 5/31 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
The life story of the 15th century teacher and revolutionary activist from Punjab, India who founded the Sikh faith - the world's fifth largest religion and how he inspires people today.
More Learning Resources
Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.
Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
Local Learning Resources
The best of NH learning resources from around the state.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
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Tiger Takes On
PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
- PBS Education
The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
- PBS Teachers' Lounge
This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
- PBS KIDS Games app
Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.