Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi - October 2

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Peanuts (Cartoon) Day, Farm Animals Day, Random Acts of Poetry Day, and Walk to School Day.

World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day:  Unity Sanctuary Farm Live Cams
Dessert Month Resource of the Day:  Fruit Jam Tartlet Cookies
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day:  Origin of Everything - History of the Word "Gay"

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi

ON THIS DATE

• 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke.
• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• 1950 - The first Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published.
• 1959 -The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS
• 1990 - The Senate votes 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee and NH resident David H. Souter.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1452 - English King Richard III 
• 1718 - English author and critic Elizabeth Montagu
• 1800 - Slave revolt leader Nat Turner
• 1869 - Mohandas Gandhi
• 1879 - Poet Wallace Stevens
• 1890 - Comedian Groucho Marx
• 1897 - Comedian Bud Abbott
• 1929 - Actor Moses Gunn
• 1945- Singer-songwriter Don McLean
• 1949 - Photographer Annie Leibovitz

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Don McLean - Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - LISTEN
• The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy vs Red Baron - LISTEN

THEME: FARM ANIMALS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Farm Animal Song (1:34) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Old Macdonald Had a Farm (1:32) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit News: Old Macdonald's Dog (4:13) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Big Bird Visits A Farm (3:49) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - On The Farm Games  - DO
  
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Farm Animals (7:30) -  VIEW and DO

THEME:  MOHANDAS GANDHI 

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Finding Your Roots - Kal Penn: Gandhi's Salt March (4:02)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Freedom Riders: The Inspiration (3:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - EDSITEment - Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and the Power of Nonviolence Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Is Gandhi Relevant Today? (47:54)  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The City Club Forum - Grandfather's Lessons in Nonviolence and How to Make Peace (59:06) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Religion and Ethics Weekly - MLK in Gandhi's Footsteps (7:26) - VIEW

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