Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach - September 5
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Thursday, September 5, 2023
Today is Be Late For Something Day, Day of Charity, Cheese Pizza Day, and World Samosa Day.
- Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: Folk Music of Hispanic New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection
- Classical Music Resource of the Day: Peter and the Wolf
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach
ON THIS DATE
- 1698 - Russian Csar Peter the Great levies a tax on beards.
- 1774 - The first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
- 1836 - Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1882 - The first U.S. Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1906 - The first legal forward pass in football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University.
- 1908 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War, is signed in New Hampshire.
- 1972 - The Palestinian terrorist group "Black September" attack and hold 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the summer games in Munich. Leading to the deaths of the athletes and coaches, 5 terrorists, and 1 police officer.
- 1847 - Outlaw Jesse James
- 1867 - NH Composer Amy Beach
- 1912 - Musician John Cage
- 1929 - Actor and comedian Bob Newhart
- 1946 - Singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury
- 1946 - Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III
- Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony - LISTEN
- John Cage - Water Walk - LISTEN
- Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk - LISTEN
- Queen -
Don't Stop Me Now - LISTEN
- Grade 4-12 - Library of Congress - Scenes and incidents, Russo-Japanese peace conference, Portsmouth, N.H. (14:23) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian - Treaty of Portsmouth and the Russo-Japanese War - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize (3:49) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - Portsmouth Peace Treaty Site - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - BYU World War I Archive - Copy of the Treaty of Portsmouth - READ
- Grades 6-12 - Theodore Roosevelt Center - Treaty of Portsmouth - READ
- Grades 9-12 - Columbia University - Asia for Educators - The Treaty of Portsmouth Activity - READ and DO
THEME: AMY BEACH
- Grades 3-6 - Classics for Kids - Amy Beach - READ and LISTEN
- Grades 5-8 - Nashville Symphony - Composers of Hope Lesson Plans - Amy Beach Lesson 3 - DO
- Grades 6-12 - Library of Congress - Amy Beach - READ
- Grades 6-12 - Classic fm - Amy Beach - READ and LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - Amy Beach WebSite - READ and LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - Great Performances - 5 of Our Favorite Female Composers - READ and LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Now Hear This - Amy Beach American Romantic (53:53) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Now Hear This - Amy Beach American Romantic: Hermit Thrush at Dawn and Beach Romance (3:00) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Boston's Gaelic Music Jam Session (3:48) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - UNH - Amy Beach - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Made Here: Amy Beach (58:39) -VIEW
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