Alexander Calder and Kinetic Sculpture, and Sacco and Vanzetti  - August 23

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Friday, August 23, 2024

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Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Alexander Calder and Kinetic Sculpture and Sacco and Vanzetti 
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ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - King George III declares the American colonies in open rebellion.
• 1927 - Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston.
• 1994 - Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned in the Air Force as a Second Lieutenant.
• 2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama names Joe Biden as his running mate.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1754 - French King King Louis XVI
• 1846 - Sculptor Alexander Calder
• 1868 - Writer Edgar Lee Masters
• 1905 - English composer Constant Lambert
• 1912 - Dancer and actor Gene Kelly
• 1946 - Drummer Keith Moon
• 1970 - Actor River Phoenix
• 1978 - Basketball player Kobe Bryant

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Joan Baez - The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti - LISTEN
• Gene Kelly - Singing in the Rain - LISTEN
• The Who - Who Are You - LISTEN

THEME: ALEXANDER CALDER AND KINETIC SCULPTURE

• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMdia - National Gallery of Art - Elements of Art: Form - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Kinetic Sculpture Challenge (7:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Minnesota Legacy Short - Jeffrey Zachmann: Kinetic Sculptor (6:27) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Arts Plus - Kinetic Sculptor Terry Welker (6:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Alexander Calder Mobile, ca. 1950 (3:35) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture, ca. 1958 (3:03) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: 1958 Alexander Calder Maquette (2:26) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Jerome Kirk Kinetic Sculptures, ca. 1970 (1:42) - VIEW

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Alexander Calder's Sculpture Continues to Captivate (3:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Alexander Calder: Works Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero (2:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - American Masters - Alexander Calder - READ

THEME: SACCO AND VANZETTI

• Grades 6-10 - Stanford History Education Group - Sacco and Vanzetti Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Italian Americans - Sacco and Vanzetti (6:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  Mass.gov - Sacco & Vanzetti: Justice on Trial Exhibit - READ

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