All About New Hampshire Learning
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Today is Be Late For Something Day, Day of Charity, and National Cheese Pizza Day.
September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach
ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony - LISTEN
- John Cage - Water Walk - LISTEN
- Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk - LISTEN
- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - LISTEN
THEME: TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH
- 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 - NHPBS Presents - Composer Amy Beach (57:39) - VIEW
- 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
More Learning Resources
Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.
Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
Local Learning Resources
The best of NH learning resources from around the state.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
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Tiger Takes On
PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
- PBS Education
The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
- PBS Teachers' Lounge
This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
- PBS KIDS Games app
Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.