Teddy Bears, North Korea, and Queen Elizabeth II - September 9

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Saturday, September 9, 2023

Today is German Language Day, Clean Out Your Garage Day, Wienerschnitzel Day, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day, and Teddy Bear Day.

• Daily Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: The Hispanic Heritage Awards: Linda Ronstadt
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: What Was Beethoven's Favorite Key?

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Teddy Bears and North Korea

ON THIS DATE

• 1776 -  The Continental Congress officially names the former colonies the United States.
• 1850 -  California is admitted as the thirty-first state.
• 1892 - Jupiter's moon Amalthea is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
• 1948 - The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) is created.
• 1956 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• 1971 - The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually leaving 39 dead.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1585 - French cleric and politician Cardinal Richelieu
• 1737 - Italian physician and physicist Luigi Galvani
• 1828 - Russian author Leo Tolstoy
• 1868 - Nature writer Mary Hunter Austin
• 1890 - Businessman Colonel Sanders
• 1934 - Poet and playwright Sonia Sanchez
• 1941 - Musician Otis Redding
• 1960 - Actor Hugh Grant
• 1966 - Actor and Manchester Central graduate  Adam Sandler
• 1975 - Singer-songwriter Michael Bublé

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - LISTEN
• Elvis Presley -  (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - LISTEN
• Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1st appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show) - LISTEN
• Adam Sandler - Thanksgiving Song (with Lake Winnipesaukee reference) - LISTEN
• Michael Bublé - Feeling Good - LISTEN

THEME: TEDDY BEARS

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Bears, Bears, Bears (3:01) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Do "The Bear" with Baby Bear (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - A Pandy Bear for Margaret (2:09) - VIEW
• Grades 1-2 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Theodore Roosevelt Reader - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Missippi: A Thread Through Time -Teddy Bear (1:00) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow Extra - How Teddy Bear Got His Name (2:56) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - National Park Service - The Story of the Teddy Bear - READ
• Grades 5-12 - National Museum of American History - Teddy Bear - READ

THEME: NORTH KOREA

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Korean War Media Gallery - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Korea: The Never-ending War Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - The Ruthless Rise of North Korea's Kim Jong Un (8:24) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Retro Report - The Korean War (6:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - North Korea's Deadly Dictator (54:26) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Secret State of North Korea (53:41) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - GZERO World: The North Korea Conundrum (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wide Angle - One Party (1:38)  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wide Angle - All For One (3:07) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wide Angle - Brainwashed (3:38) - VIEW and  DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wide Angle - Arduous March (2:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Korea: The Never-Ending War - Totalitarian Regimes and the Kims (3:35) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Dictator's Playbook - Kim Il Sung (54:12) - VIEW

THEME: Queen Elizabeth II

• Grades 4-12 - BBC Bitesize - Queen Elizabeth II - READ
• Grades 4-12 - BBC Bitesize - 1952 - What Happened in the Year Queen Elizabeth II Came to the Throne- READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Remembering Queen Elizabeth II (7:03) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Uncle's Abdication Led to Elizabeth's Reign on the Throne (6:40) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Britons Go All Out for Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee (5:33) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - In Their Own Words - Queen Elizabeth II (54:40) - VIEW

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