Alexander Calder and Kinetic Sculpture and Sacco and Vanzetti - August 23
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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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.
- 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
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 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Design Squad - Kinetic Sculpture - 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
- Grades 8-12 - CSI Boston "The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti" - DO
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