Fashion, Cookies, and the 14th Amendment - July 9

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Today is Fashion Day and National Sugar Cookie Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Fashion, Cookies, and the 14th Amendment

ON THIS DATE

• 1762 -  Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following a coup against her husband, Peter III.
• 1868 - The 14th Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship.
• 1877- The first Wimbledon Championships begin.
• 1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech denouncing the gold standard.
• 2002 - The MLB All-Star game ends in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings when both teams ran out of pitchers.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1937 - Artist David Hockney
• 1955 - Politician Lindsey Graham
• 1956 - Actor Tom Hanks

SONG OF THE DAY 

• The Jaynetts – Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar - LISTEN
• ZZ Top - Sharp -Dressed Man - LISTEN
• Madonna - Vogue - LISTEN
• David Bowie - Fashion - LISTEN
• The Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion - LISTEN
• Lady Gaga - Fashion - LISTEN
• Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy - LISTEN
  
• RuPaul - Supermodel (You Better Work) - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky  - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Food - Easy Ice Cream Sandwiches - MAKE

THEME: Fashion

• Grades PreK-K - Kid Vision - Wearable Art (8:25) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Tree Fashion Report with Ernie - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Pinkalicious and Peteriffic - What Does a Fashion Designer Do? (2:02) -VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Pinkalicious and Peteriffic - Pinkamagine Fashion Game - PLAY
  
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger Dress Up Game - PLAY
• Grades PreK-2 - Peg + Cat - Costume Box - PLAY
• Grades 2-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Kids Go Green: Eco Fashion (3:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - A-Z Career Lab - Fashion Designer (5:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion  01: Brainstorm (Available in Spanish) (2:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Video - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion (28:00) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Video - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion (Spanish) (27:55) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion  02: Mentor Moment (Available in Spanish) (2:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion  03: Design (Available in Spanish) (1:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion  04: Problem Solve (Available in Spanish) (2:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - High Tech Fashion  05: Share (Available in Spanish) (2:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Annie on Broadway - What Does a Costume Designer Do? (4:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Modeling Inclusion in the Fashion World (3:12) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Sound Field - Where Did Goth Music and Fashion Come From? (8:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - Sustainable Fashion (4:37) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - Zero Waste Fashion  (7:49) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - Fashion and a Circular Economy (5:17) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The True Cost of Fast Fashion (7:35) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - EcoSense for Living - Fashioned for the Planet (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wide Angle - Fashion Show (2:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Fit to Stitch - Creating a Fashion Collection (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12- NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Tailoring a Sustainable Future for Fashion (8:13) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12- NHPBS Video - Politically Speaking - Fashion and Politics (26:45) - VIEW

THEME: COOKIES

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - C Is For Cookie (1:33) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - The Mysterious Cookie Thief (55:41) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The First Time Me Eat Cookie (2:32) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Zero Cookies with Cookie Monster (4:14) - VIEW 
• Grades PreK-1 -  PBS KIDS - Sesame Street Cookie Games - DO
• Grades K-4 - Reading Rainbow - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Story (10:38) - VIEW
• Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cooking Cookies with Solar Power (3:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonFly TV - Nano: Surface Area (Sugar Cookies) (available in Spanish) (7:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - What's In That Box of Cookies, Anyway? (4:14) - VIEW and DO

THEME: 14th AMENDMENT

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - National Archives - 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) and Resource Materials - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Learning for Justice - 14th Amendment Lesson - READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -The Fourteenth Amendment - Part I (1:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -The Fourteenth Amendment - Part II (5:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - Cornell University -  Legal Information Institute -14th Amendment - READ
• Grades 7-12 - U.S. Constitution Center - 14th Amendment - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - How Is the 14th Amendment Not Being Followed (1:56) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - The Importance of the 14th Amendment Today (1:49) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - Equal Protection: Part One (3:14) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - Equal Protection: Part Two (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - Equal Protection: Part Three (5:52) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution with Peter Sagal - Liberty, Equality, and the 14th Amendment  (1:45) - VIEW
  
• Grades 9-12 - Learner.org - The Constitution: That Delicate Balance Series - VIEW

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