Balloons and the Gulf of Tonkin

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Friday, August 7, 2020

Today is Lighthouse Day, Mead Day, National Mustard Day, Purple Heart Day, Sandcastle Day, and Raspberries and Cream Day.

ON THIS DATE.

• 1782 - George Washington institutes the precursor t the Purple Heart, the Badge of Military Merit, for soldiers wounded in battle.
• 1964 -  Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, broadening President Johnson's war powers.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1742 - Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene
• 1813- Abolitionist and suffragist Paulina Kellogg Davis
• 1876 - World War I spy Mata Hari
• 1903 - Anthropologist Louis Leakey

THEME: BALLOONS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Happy / Sad Balloons with Big Bird and Telly Monster- VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Great Inventor -- Balloon Gloves - VIEW
• Grades K-3 -  PBS Kids -OH NOAH! | The Red Balloon - VIEW
• Grades K-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Hot Air Balloon - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - GPS: Balloon Fies  t- VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science Starters - Learn about Rocket Launches Using Balloons  - VIEW
• Grades 3-9 - PBS LearningMeia - STEM in 30 - Hot Air Balloons and Air Pressure - VIEW and DO
• Gades 6-12 - PBD LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - VIEW

THEME: GULF OF TONKIN

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience -1964: "The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Vietnam War -The USS Maddox is Attacked - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Vietnam War -President Johnson Responds - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Vietnam War-1964: "The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Vietnam War - The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learningmedia - The Vietnam War - Gulf of Tonkin: War Powers Act & Presidential Power Lesson- VIEW and DO

Watch 

• 12-1 pm NHPBS - CAMP TV- Favorite Season Day
• 12-1 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Building The Great Cathedrals
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Genius By Stephen Hawking - Where Are We?
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - Shakespeare Uncovered = Julius Caesar With Brian Cox
• 3-5 pm NH WORLD - Great Performances - Julius Caesar
• 9-10 pm NHPBS - Great Performances -  In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
  

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