Hot Air Balloons and Economics - June 5

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Today is Hot Air Balloon Day, Gingerbread Day, Veggie Burger Day, Sausage Roll Day, and World Environment Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Hot Air Balloons and Economics
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ON THIS DATE

• 1916 - Louis Brandeis is sworn in as the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court.
• 1933 -  The United States goes off the gold standard.
• 1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show.
• 1968 - Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. 
• 1989 - The Tank Man blocks the progress of tanks in Tiananmen Square in China.
• 1995 - The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1646 - Italian mathematician and philosopher Elena Cornaro Piscopia
• 1878 - Mexican general and politician Pancho Villa
• 1883 -  British economist John Maynard Keynes 
• 1934 - Journalist Bill Moyers

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• 5th Dimension - Up, Up & Away, My Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN
• Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - LISTEN
• Nena - 99 Luftballons - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Ocean Adventures - Spectacular Squid - VIEW

THEME: Hot Air Balloons

• Grades K-8 - PBS Learning Media -  DragonflyTV - Hot Air Balloon (5:48) - VIEW
• Grades 2-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Hot Air Balloons (1:07) - VIEW 
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia- STEM in 30 - Hot Air Balloons and Air Pressure (28:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons! (5:51) - VIEW

THEME: Economics

• Grades K-3 - ECON and ME Instructional Series -  VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Real Adam Smith Series - VIEW

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AMAZING HUMAN BODY - Survive
Wednesday, 6/05 from 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD
Discover the daily miracles the human body goes through to stay alive and healthy. From fighting infections to repairing damage, human bodies have remarkable arsenals that allow survival against outside threats. AMAZING HUMAN BODY Streaming Video

FREEDOM SONGS: THE MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
Wednesday, 6/05 from 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD
From Billie Holiday to Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin, and from Curtis Mayfield and Sly Stone to Gil Scott-Heron, Freedom Songs documents how a few daring musical innovators stood at the vortex of two revolutions-one cultural, the other musical-and forever changed America and the world.

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