Rainforests - June 22

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Today is National Chocolate Eclair Day, National Onion Ring Day, Positive Media Day, and World Rainforest Day.

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

• 1870 - U.S. Department of Justice established.
• 1940 - France signs an armistice with Germany eight days after German forces invade Paris.
• 1942 - Pledge of Allegiance adopted by Congress.
• 1944 - FDR signs the GI Bill.
• 1969 The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio catches on fire.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1906 - Director Billy Wilder
• 1909 - Dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham
• 1933 - Politician Dianne Feinstein
• 1936 - Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson
• 1949 - Actor Meryl Streep
• 1949 - Politician  Elizabeth Warren
• 1953 - Musician Cyndi Lauper
• 1960 - Environmental activist Erin Brockovich

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - LISTEN
• Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - LISTEN
  
• Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Rivers of Life  - VIEW

THEME: RAINFORESTS

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Grover Searches the Amazonian Rainforest (4:00) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - N is For Nature - Australian Rainforest (1:20) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Rainforest Adventure (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Plum Landing - Jungle Rangers: Missions in the Borneo Rainforest - DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Rainforest (8:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Conservancy - Recording the Rainforest: Nature Works Everywhere (8:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Temperate Rainforests (Available in Spanish) (7:05) -VIEW and DO 
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS  Wildlife Journal Junior - Rainforests - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - This Rainforest Caterpillar Looks Like Donald Trump (5:01) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS Video - Eons - When the Rainforests Collapsed (7:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching With Primary Sources - Amazon Rainforest - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rainforest Pharmacy: Jungle Medicine and Nutrition (6:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Tree Kangaroos in Queensland Rainforest (3:04) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Camels Roamed North America (9:45) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Tropical Rainforest Diversity (4:03) - VIEW, READ, DO

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BUFFALO SOLDIERS; FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS A LOCAL USA SPECIAL 
Friday, 6/22 from 9-11 pm NH EXPLORE
Explore the complex history of Black Americans who enlisted in the U. S. military as a path to citizenship, a livelihood, and greater respect, and how they fought in military conflicts abroad and civil rights struggles at home. LOCAL USA Streaming Video

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