Treaty of Portsmouth, Amy Beach, Vultures, and Hummingbirds - September 5

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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Today is Be Late For Something Day, International Bacon Day, International Vulture Awareness Day, Day of Charity, Cheese Pizza Day, National Hummingbird Day, National Tailgating Day, World Beard 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

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme:  Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach

ON THIS DATE

• 1698 - Russian Tsar 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 - Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University throws the first legal forward pass in football.
• 1908 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War, is signed in New Hampshire.
• 1972 - The Palestinian terrorist group "Black September" attacks and holds 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. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 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

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
  
• Paul Simon (Sesame Street) - El Cóndor Pasa - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 

• Donald Hall - Ox Cart Man

ART OF THE DAY 

• Allyn Cox - The First Continental Congress, 1774

THEME: TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH

• Grades 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 - VIEW AND 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: 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

THEME:  Buzzards and Vultures

• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Decomposers and Scavengers (14:46) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Turkey Vulture - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Black Vulture - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks- Cathartidae - New World Vultures - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Untamed - Vultures (26:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Why Don’t Vultures Get Food Poisoning? (2:20) - VIEW and DO

THEME: HUMMINGBIRDS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS Kids - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That  - What Do Hummingbirds Drink? (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets - Hummingbird Nest (1:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Hummingbird: Creature Power (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Hummingbirds (26:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures -You Gotta Love Hummingbirds (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbird: Survivor, Architect, and Builder (2:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Trochilidae - Hummingbirds, Sabrewings, Mangos, Coquettes - READ
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Structure and Function: Hummingbird Tongue (5:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cuba's Wild Revolution: The World's Smallest Bird (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Extraordinary Birds: Little Brain, Big Journey (Available in Spanish) (2:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cellular Respiration in Scarce Oxygen: Hummingbird Adaptations at High Altitudes (6:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - A Variety of Hummingbirds (Available in Spanish) (2:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -  What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? (3:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Georgia Outdoors - Hummingbird Heaven (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery (3:41) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbirds and Hawks: An Unlikely Pair (5:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution - Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones (3:48) - VIEW, READ, DO

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