Hippos, Sea Turtles, and the New Deal - June 16
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
Today is Fresh Veggies Day, Recess at Work Day, World Sea Turtle Day, and National Fudge Day.
June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
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Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Hippos and the New Deal
ON THIS DATE
- 1858 - Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1933 - FDR initiates the New Deal recovery program.
- 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" premieres.
- 1967 - The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival, featuring Jimi Hendrix, the Who, and Janis Joplin, opens in northern California
- 1963 - Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
- 1713 - First governor of New Hampshire, Meshech Weare
- 1723 - Scottish economist Adam Smith
- 1738 - Publisher and printer Mary Katherine Goddard
- 1829 - Apache leader Geronimo
- 1890 - English actor and comedian Stan Laurel
- 1902 - Geneticist Barbara McClintock
- 1917 - Newspaper publisher Katharine Graham
- 1938 - Author Joyce Carol Oates
- 1955 - Actor Laurie Metcalf
- 1970 - Golfer Phil Mickelson
- 1971 - Rapper Tupac Shakur
Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - LISTEN Janis Joplin - Monterey Pop Festival - Ball and Chain - LISTENRavi Shankar at Monterey Pop Festival - LISTEN The Who - My Generation - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - If You Were: Hippopotamus (1:14) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-adult - San Diego Zoo - Hippo Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-adult - Memphis Zoo - Hippo Cam - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Water Walking With a Hippo (2:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Beware of Hippo (2:09) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Hippo's Home Turf () - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wild Metropolis - Hippos Travel Into Town for an Easy Meal (1;31) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Battle Lions and Hyenas Over Carcass (2:59) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Fight Over Territory (2:17) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Fight Off Hungry Birds (3:01) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Inside NATURE – Hippos: Africa's River Giants (7:27) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants (553:14) - VIEW
THEME: New Deal
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Dust Bowl - Analyzing New Deal Policies: Relief (6:43) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - New Deal: FDR's First 100 Days (10:08) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - The Second New Deal: Programs for the People (2:46) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - Library of Congress - New Deal Classroom Primary Source Materials - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience: FDR - New Deal Programs (5;38) - VIEW, READ, DO
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