Autism, Cheesemaking, The War of 1812 - June 18

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Today is Go Fishing Day, Cherry Tart Day, International Picnic Day, National Cheesemakers Day, Autistic Pride Day, and International Sushi Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Autism, Cheesemaking, The War of 1812
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ON THIS DATE

• 1812 - President James Madison signs a declaration of war against Great Britain.
• 1815 - Napolean is defeated in the Battle of Waterloo. 
• 1873 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 (around $2,225 in today's dollars) for trying to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• 1940 - Winston Churchill delivers his "Finest Hour" speech.
• 1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia 
• 1915 - Firefighter Red Adair
• 1942 - English musician Paul McCartney
• 1949 - Author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg
• 1976 - Singer-songwriter Blake Shelton

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die - LISTEN
• ABBA - Waterloo - LISTEN
• Mamma Mia - Waterloo - LISTEN
• Little Mermaid - Under the Sea - LISTEN
• Blake Shelton - God's Country - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Nature Cat - Motion of the Ocean - VIEW

THEME: AUTISM

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Meet Julia (10:08) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Play and Sing with Julia Collection (26:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-adult - Sesame Street in Communities - Sesame Street and Autism Highlight Reel (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - When Carl Met George (12:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Hero Elementary - AJ's Extra Superpower (25:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Move to Include Collection - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NOVA scienceNOW - Magic and Autism (1:49) - VIEW 
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - MN Original - Devin Wildes: Artist (8:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Autism Behind the Camera (59:10) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Autism: Life on the Spectrum (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Life Autistic Documentary (1:54:30) - VIEW

THEME: CHEESEMAKING

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cheese by the Numbers .25  (3:43) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cheese by the Numbers 4  (3:26) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cheese by the Numbers 571.3 Fats (3:02) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cheese by the Numbers 37,700 (3:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Science and Art of Cheese (10:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Gross Science - What Lives in Cheese (2:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wisconsin Cheesemakers (3:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Feast TV - Say Cheese (28:29) - VIEW

THEME: WAR OF 1812

• Grades 2-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - War of 1812 Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The War of 1812 (1:53:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - America from the Ground Up - The War of 1812 (26:46) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

DISCO: SOUNDTRACK OF A REVOLUTION - Rock the Boat 
Tuesday, 6/18 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Explore the origin of a global music phenomenon born among gay and black communities coming together in apartments and basement bars in 1970s New York, where dance floors became a platform in their battle for visibility and inclusion. DISCO: SOUNDTRACK OF A REVOLUTION Streaming Video

FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP HOP CHANGED THE WORLD - The Foundation 
Tuesday, 6/18 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Discover the factors that led to the birth of Hip Hop and its first socially conscious hit The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982. FIGHT THE POWER Streaming Video

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

TULSA: THE FIRE AND THE FORGOTTEN 
Tuesday, 6/18 from 2-4 pm NH EXPLORE
Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and how the community of Tulsa is coming to terms with its past, present, and future.

SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME 
Tuesday, 6/18 from 1:30-3 pm NH EXPLORE
This documentary challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

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