National Parks - August 25
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Friday, August 25, 2023
Today is National Park Service Day, National Banana Split Day, and National Whiskey Sour Day.
- Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Sesame Street Health Checklist
- Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Fried Chicken with Banana Sandwich
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: National Parks
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ON THIS DATE
- 1916 - The National Park Service is created.
- 1944 - Paris is liberated by the Allies.
- 1950 - President Truman orders the Army to seize control of the railroads to avert a strike.
- 1975 - Bruce Springsteen's album Born to Run is released.
- 1530 - Russian tsar Ivan lV (You may know him as Ivan the Terrible.)
- 1918 - Conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein
- 1919 - Segregationist, governor of Alabama, and 1968 third-party candidate for president. George Wallace
- 1927 - Tennis player Althea Gibson
- 1930 - Actor Sean Connery
- 1954 - Musician Elvis Costello
- 1958 - Director and producer Tim Burton
- 1959 - Olivia series author and illustrator Ian Falconer
- 1987 - Actor Blake Lively
- Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen - This Land Is Your Land - LISTEN
- Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - LISTEN
- Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write the Book - LISTEN
- Leonard Bernstein - George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street and National Parks Service - Nature Journal - DO
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Biscayne National Park Field Trip (8:15) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - San Diego Zoo Kids - Yellowstone National Park (4:45) - VIEW
- Grades 2-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The National Parks of Texas Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Know It All - Redwoods at Redwood National Park (Available in Spanish) (4:02) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - A Visit to Yellowstone (2:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - National Park Service - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - The National Parks: America's Best Idea Collection from Ken Burns - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Painting the Falls of Yellowstone - How Art Saved Yellowstone (10:43) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone & Glacier through Native Eyes Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - National Parks Progress and Preservation (26:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Volcanism at Yellowstone (5:45) (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Advertising a National Park (7:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - The National Parks: America's Best Idea - National Parks: Emblems of Democracy (6:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Wolves in the National Parks: Threat or Necessity? (8:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Latinx Contributions to the National Parks Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
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