Daniel Chester French and China - April 20
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Today is Chinese Language Day, Banana Day, and National Pineapple Upside-down Cake Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Daniel Chester French and China
ON THIS DATE
- 1775 - The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
- 1898 - President William McKinley signs a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
- 1902 - Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium
- 1912 - Opening day for Fenway Park in Boston.
- 1939 - Ted Williams makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.
- 1999 - 13 people are killed and 24 injured in Columbine High School shooting.
- 2008 - Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
- 2010 - The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning a catastrophic oil spill that dumped more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.
- 1646 - French botanist Charles Plumier
- 1850 - Sculptor and Exeter, NH Native Daniel Chester French
- 1889 - Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler
- 1893 - Actor and director Harold Lloyd
- 1893 - Spanish artist Joan Miró
- 1937 - Actor George Takei
- 1949 - Actor Jessica Lange
James Taylor - Angels of Fenway - LISTEN
Dropkick Murphy's - Tessie - LISTEN
POEM OF THE DAY
Walt Whitman - Oh Captain! My Captain!
- Grades 3-12 - National Park Service - The Lincoln Memorial - READ
- Grades 4-12 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Daniel Chester French - VIEW and READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Tuck's Gift - Donna Hassler on the Lincoln Memorial (1:05) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - Smithsonian American Art Museum - Danial Chester French - READ and VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - National Archives - Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French (1:07:38) -VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - Concord Museum - Daniel Chester French - READ and VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - Chesterwood - READ and VIEW
THEME: China
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - The Bamboo Forests of China (1:45) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Let's Go Luna - She is the Moon of Moons - Beats of Beijing (25:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Let's Go Luna - China Loves You (1:08) -VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Let's Go Luna - Learn About Beijing, China (1:50) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Samantha Brown's Places to Love - Xi'an, China (26:48) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Silk Roads and China Ships (57:33) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - China, Zaju, and Beijing Opera (10:51) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - China Undercover (54:22) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Story of China - Series - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Passport to China - Series - VIEW
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