Wildlife and Labor Day - September 4

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Monday, September 4, 2023

Today is Labor Day, Wildlife Day, Macadamia Nut Day, and Eat an Extra Desert Day.

• Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: Somos Hispanos
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: Do You Know How Much Classical Music is Edited?

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Wildlife and Labor Day
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ON THIS DATE

• 1957 - Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus calls out the National Guard to stop nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
• 1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz becomes the first athlete to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
• 1998 - Google is founded by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
• 2002- Kelly Clarkson wins the first American Idol competition.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1908 - Author Richard Wright
• 1975 - Music producer and songwriter Mark Ronson
• 1981 - Musician Beyoncé

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild - LISTEN
  
• The Troggs - Wild Thing - 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
• Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - LISTEN
• Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars - LISTEN

THEME: WILDLIFE

• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video  - Up Close & Natural Instructional Series - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Kids - Nature Cat - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS Kids - Wild Kratts - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video  - NatureWorks Instructional Series - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior -VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video  - Nature - VIEW

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 Bloddy Labor Battle (1:28) - VIEW 

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