Pirates - September 19

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, Paw Paw Day, and National Butterscotch Pudding Day.

• Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: History in a Nutshell - The Mexican-American War
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Pirates of Penzance - The Pirate King (Tim Curry) 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  PIRATES

ON THIS DATE

• 1676 - Jamestown is burned to the ground during Bacon's Rebellion.
• 1796 - George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America.
• 1893 - In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 gives women in New Zealand the right to vote.
• 1961 - Portsmouth, NH residents Betty and Barney Hill were possibly abducted by extraterrestrials while driving on Route 3 near Lincoln, NH. James Earl Jones played Barney Hill and Estelle Parsons played Betty Hill in the 1975 TV movie, The UFO Incident.
• 2022 - The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is held at Westminster Abbey, London

BIRTHDAYS

• 1894 - Author and poet Rachel Field
• 1911 - Lord of the Flies author William Golding
• 1919 - Mexican choreographer and dancer Amalia Hernández
• 1928 - TV’s Batman Adam West
• 1934 - Beatles manager Brian Epstein
• 1941 - Singer Cass Elliot
• 1948 - Actor Jeremy Irons
• 1949 - English model Twiggy

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Pirates of Penzance - Tim Curry - The Pirate King  - LISTEN
• Jack Hartmann - Silly Pirate Song - LISTEN
• George Harrison - Pirate Song - LISTEN
• Zac Bown Band and Jimmy Buffet - A Pirate Looks at 40 - LISTEN
• 2 Cellos - Pirates of the Caribbean - LISTEN
• Tim Curry - Professional Pirate - Muppets Treasure Island - LISTEN
  
• Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind of Music - LISTEN

THEME: PIRATES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookies of the Caribbean (5:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pirate's Treasure (5:19) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pirate Ship Car (3:37) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Pirate Ship Adventure (8:32) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Clifford the Big Red Dog - Pirate Hats, Ahoy! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• GradesPreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Clifford, el Gran Perro Colorado - ¡Ahoy, Sombreros de Pirata! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - The Pirate Problem - Hungry Pirates (2:44) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Four + One = Five Sleeping Pirates (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - Hungry Pirates Game - DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Rise and Shine: Literacy Time - Bossy Pirate R Vowels (3:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Camp TV - Pirate Day (28:46) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Odd Squad - The Curious Case of Pirate-itis (11:10) - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - $martPath - Bebe the Parrot - Opportunity Cost (6:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - $martPath - Blackbeard the Pirate - Resources are Limited (7:32)- VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - BBC Bitesize - Myth-busting Pirate Myths - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Georgia Stories - Pirates (3:53) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Problems with Pirates - Teaching with Primary Sources - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - Pirate Monkeyness - Pirate Translator - DO
• Grades 9-12 - National Endowment for the Humanities - A Lot of What is Known About Pirates is Not True and a Lot of What is True is Not Known - READ

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