Christa McAuliffe, Coconuts, and Labor Day - September 2
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Monday, September 2, 2024
Today is Labor Day, VJ Day, and World Coconut Day.
- Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: Dance Art Toolkit: Matlachines
- Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: Mozart's Choral Music
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Coconuts, Christa McAuliffe, and Labor Day
ON THIS DATE
- 1666 - The Great Fire of London begins. It burns for three days and destroys over 10,000 buildings. BBC Teaching Resources
- 1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
- 1864 - Union forces led by General Sherman occupy Atlanta.
- 1945 - Japan signs an unconditional surrender bringing an end to WWII
- 1885 - A group of 150 white miners attacked and killed 28 Chinese immigrants at the Rock Springs Massacre In Rock Springs, Wyoming. LOC Research Guide
- 1935 - The Labor Day Hurricane hits near Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
- 1838 - Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
- 1948 - Concord, NH teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe
- 1966 - Actor Salma Hayek
- Harry Nilsson - Coconut - LISTEN
- Merv Griffin - I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - LISTEN
- Kenny Chesney w. Willie Nelson - Coconut Tree - LISTEN
- Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine to Five) - LISTEN
- Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money - LISTEN
- Loverboy - Working for the Weekend - LISTEN
- Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It - LISTEN
- Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 - LISTEN
- Grades 5-8 - NASA- Christa's Lost Lessons Brought to Life - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Barbara Morgan: No Limits (48:52) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - New Hampshire in Space (26:20) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Christa McAuliffe's Teacher in Space Interview (5:18) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NASA - Christa McAuliffe - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Retro Report - The Challenger Tragedy - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Coconuts (1:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Super Why - Alpha Pig's Alphabet Coconut Game (3:15) - VIEW
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Coconauts (8:02) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - An Octopus' Coconut Home (2:29) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - Is a Coconut a Fruit, Nut, or Seed? - READ
- Grades 9-12 - Washington University in St. Louis - Deep History of Coconuts Decoded - READ
THEME: LABOR DAY
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays: Labor Day (1:23) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Cesar Chavez: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist (Available in Spanish) (3:51) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Cesar Chavez: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Fight for Labor Rights Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Do You Know the History of Labor Day? (3:10) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Why Do We Still Work 40 Hours a Week? (11:06) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Unions Today: Labor Day Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Emma Goldman: A Bloody Labor Battle (1:28) - VIEW
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