Video Games and Marvin Hamlisch - June 2

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Today is Leave The Office Early Day, National Rotisserie Chicken Day, and National Rocky Road Day. 

June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Video Games

ON THIS DATE

• 455 - Vandals enter Rome and sack the city.
  1692 -  Bridget Bishop is the first person tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She is found guilty and later hanged.
• 1919 - Anarchists set off bombs in eight U.S. cities, including Boston and Newton Massachusetts.
• 1924 - President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act,  granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States.
• 1953 -  Queen Elizabeth II is crowned in Westminster Abbey. 
• 1981 - The video game Donkey Kong makes its U.S. debut. 
• 1997 - Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1849 - English author Thomas Hardy 
• 1857 - English composer Sir Edward Elgar 
• 1904 - Swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller
• 1941 - English drummer for the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts
• 1944 - Composer Marvin Hamlisch
• 1953 - Author and academic Cornel West
• 1955 - Actor and comedian Dana Carvey
• 1960 - Racecar driver Kyle Petty
• 1968 - TV host and producer Andy Cohen
• 1977 - Actor Zachary Quinto

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Nimrod  (from "Enigma Variations") by Edward Elgar - LISTEN
• Rolling Stones - Get oof of My Cloud - LISTEN
• Dana Carvey - Choppin' Brocolli - LISTEN
• Marvin Hamlisch - Nobody Does It Better - LISTEN  
  

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Shed Aquarium - Build a Fish - DO

THEME: Video Games

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street Games - DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS Kid Games  - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - ODD Squad - ODD Squad Games (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 2-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - MIT's Science Out Loud - How to Mke a Video Game (4:29) -  VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech  Now - Careers in Video Game Development (4:43) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Above the Noise - Is Video Game Addiction Real? (6:09) - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Above the Noise - Are Video Games Really Making Us More Violent? (7:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - How Computers Learned to Beat Atari Video Games (3:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - The Case for Video Games (12:45) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Is Your Brain Too Old for Video Games? (6:25) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course: Artificial Intelligence Make an AI That Destroys Video Games (13:05) - VIEW

THEME: Marvin Hamlisch

• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch: Genius At Work (7:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch the Performer (1:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch and the Yankees (1:43) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch a Mensch (10:04) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - The Sweet Smell of Success (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch's Parents (1:34) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch Concert Pianist vs. Pop Composer (2:09) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch Leaving Hollywood for Broadway (1:15) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Pianist Kevin cole Performas a Marvin Meledy (6:48) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - WEDU Arts Plus - 310: Marvin Hamlisch (7:37) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Artworks - Legends of Broadway (26:47) - VIEW

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