Juneteenth and Baseball - June 19

Learning About Our History

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Today is Juneteenth, National Watch Day, World Sickle Cell Day, Garfield the Cat Day, Dry Martini Day, Pets in Film Day, Eat an Oreo Day, and Take Your Cat to Work Day. 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Juneteenth and Baseball
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ON THIS DATE

• 325  - The Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
• 1846 - The first reported baseball game is played on Hoboken's Elysian Fields. The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers.
• 1862 -  U.S. Congress abolishes slavery in U.S. territories.
• 1865 - More than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, slaves in Texas are finally informed of their freedom. The day is now celebrated as Juneteenth.
• 1910 - The first Father's Day is celebrated
• 1917 - King George V changes the British royal family's surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
  1953 - Convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed.
• 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved by the Senate after a 54-day filibuster.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1897 - Comedian Moe Howard
• 1902 - Bandleader Guy Lombardo
• 1903 - Baseball player Lou Gehrig
• 1947 - Indian-English author Salman Rushdie
• 1950 - Singer-songwriter Ann Wilson
• 1954 - Actor Kathleen Turner
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter and dancer Paula Abdul
• 1964 - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson
• 1978 - Actor Zoe Saldana

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Heart - Barracuda - LISTEN
• Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract- LISTEN
• Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Nature - Soul of the Ocean - VIEW

THEME: JUNETEENTH

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Juneteenth Song (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Learning for Justice - Teaching Juneteenth - READ
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Juneteenth (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Juneteenth Jamboree Celebrations (3:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - ReadWriteThink - Celebrate Juneteenth - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Should Juneteenth Be a National Holiday? (5:11) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Juneteenth Jamboree - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Newshour - What is Juneteenth? 4 Things You Should Know - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Newshour - Lesson Plan: History of Juneteenth and Why It’s Set to Become a National Holiday - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - The African Americans - What is Juneteenth - READ
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Juneteenth Jamboree History (2:59) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Blackademics - Juneteenth (3:33) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Basic Black - Juneteenth (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Black Journal - Juneteenth/The Tulsa Race Massacre (23:55) - VIEW

BASEBALL

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Ernie Plays Baseball (2:22) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Baseball School (1:53) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 Sesame Street - Knock Me Out at the Ball Game (4:35) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Respect is a Homerun - Yankees and Red Sox (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Dragonfly TV - GPS: Baseball (7:59) -VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Women in Baseball (3:01) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns' Baseball in the Classroom - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Physics of Baseball (7:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Ken Burns' Baseball - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

DYNAMIC PLANET - Ice 
Wednesday, 6/19 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
As our planet warms up, the ice at all three poles-the Arctic, Antarctic, and the Himalayas-melts rapidly, bringing significant consequences. Explore how science, nature, and tradition can prepare us for a fast-changing future. DYNAMIC PLANET Streaming Video

HOPE IN THE WATER - The Fish in the Sea
Wednesday, 6/19 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
As our sea life faces unprecedented threats, dive into the new approaches of sustainable fishing on the open ocean, aiming to turn peril into plenty. Journalist Baratunde Thurston visits a post-Hurricane Maria squid fishery in Puerto Rico. HOPE IN THE WATER Streaming Video

NOVA - Alaskan Dinosaurs
Wednesday, 6/19 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Wielding chainsaws to extract fossils frozen into the permafrost and flying drones to map thousands of footprints, intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the unlikeliest of places -- the cold and dark of the Arctic Circle. NOVA Streaming Video

FREEDOM SONGS: MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
Wednesday, 6/19 from 11 pm-12:30 am NHPBS
For a brief moment in time, a few daring, innovative musicians stood at the crossroads of a revolution in music and culture. Across one of the most turbulent periods in American history-from the early civil rights era to Watergate-they brought music, medium, and message together as never before, composing a soundtrack perfectly tuned to the tempo and pulse of its time.

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PULLMAN AND THE RAILROAD REBELLION 
Wednesday, 6/19 from 11 am-12 pm NH EXPLORE
In 1864, the powerful industrialist and engineer George Pullman brought luxury to overnight train travel with his revolutionary sleeping cars. Passengers aboard these rail cars were served by former slaves who became known as Pullman Porters and Maids. Pullman soon established a company town for employees on Chicago's South Side, giving him complete autonomy over every aspect of their lives.

MUHAMMAD ALI - Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) 
Wednesday, 6/19 from 3-5:10 pm NH EXPLORE
Boxer Cassius Clay rises up the amateur ranks to win gold at the 1960 Olympics. He turns professional, sharpening his boxing skills and honing his genius for self-promotion. In 1964, he upsets Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion. MUHAMMAD ALI Streaming Video

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GHOSTS OF AMISTAD: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE REBELS 
Wednesday, 6/19 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Retrace the path of the 53 Africans who rebelled against their captors and seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839. Their goal: to visit the 10 villages where the Amistad rebels once lived; interview the elders about their history and search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where the Amistad Africans were loaded onto a slave ship bound for the New World.

REDEEMING UNCLE TOM: THE JOSIAH HENSON STORY
Wednesday, 6/19 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Josiah Henson was the real-life inspiration for Uncle Tom in Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic 1852 novel, Henson was born into slavery near Port Tobacco, Maryland around 1789 and sold to Isaac Rile when he was a child. Riley entrusted Henson with exceptional responsibilities and permitted him to become a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. However, when Henson attempted to buy his freedom, Riley cheated him and made plans to sell him south. Fearing separation from his family, he fled north with his wife and children in the summer of 1830. After escaping through Ohio and New York, they eventually settled in Ontario.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER: AN UNCOMMON LIFE 
Wednesday, 6/19 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
While George Washington Carver's rise from slavery to scientific accomplishment has inspired millions, time has dulled the luster of his reputation, reducing him to the man who did something with peanuts. This documentary uncovers Carver's complexities and reveals the full impact of his life and work.

INDEPENDENT LENS - The Big Payback
Wednesday, 6/19 from 7-8:30 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

AMERICA REFRAMED - The Cost of Inheritance
Wednesday, 6/19 from 7-8:30 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. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

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