Take Note of Some Summer Learning
Monday, August 4, 2025
Today is Coast Guard Day, Single Working Women's Day, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Doll Day, National Sisters Day, Assistance Dog Day, White Wine Day, and Psychic Day (but you knew that.)
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Louis Armstrong and Ann Frank
ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONG OF THE DAY
- Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - LISTEN
THEME: LOUIS ARMSTRONG
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - John Legend and Hoots (3:00) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It Takes A Street Song with Hoots (2:39) - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - PBS Kids - Jazz - Jazz Greats: Louis Armstrong - READ
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Introduction to Jazz - What a Wonderful World (8:05) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - National Museum of American History - Louis Armstrong Education Kit - READ, LISTEN, DO, WOW
- Grades 6-12 - Teach Rock - Louis Armstrong - DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns' Jazz - Louis Armstrong Returns to Europe (2:12) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Jazz Ambassadors - Louis Armstrong and the Civil Rights Movement (5:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Louis Armstrong Archive Brings His Influence Into a New Era (11:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - One-On-One - 50 Years of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" (8:18) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - American Masters - Louis Armstrong - READ
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Blank on Blank - Louis Armstrong on His Chops (4:56) - VIEW
- Professional Development - National Federation of State High School Associations - “Seriously Satchmo” - The Importance of Teaching Louis Armstrong in the Music Classroom - READ
THEME: ANNE FRANK
- Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank - Inspiring Middle School Literacy - DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Dialogue - Honoring Anne Frank (28:54) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Anne Frank Remembered (28:52) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece - The Diary of Anne Frank 1: A Difficult Situation (1:21) - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank 2: Anne's Birthday (1:32) - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank 3: The Suffering of Millions (1:53) - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank - Life in Hiding Media Gallery - READ, VIEW, DO
More Learning Resources
Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.
Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
Local Learning Resources
The best of NH learning resources from around the state.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
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Tiger Takes On

PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
- PBS Education
The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
- PBS Teachers' Lounge
This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
- PBS KIDS Games app
Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.