Summer Solstice, Giraffes and World Music - June 21
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Today is Summer Solstice, Baby Boomer Recognition Day, Go Skateboarding Day, International T-Shirt Day, National Peaches & Cream Day, International Day of Yoga, National Selfie Day, National Smoothie Day, World Handshake Day, World Humanist Day, World Giraffe Day, and World Music 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
Today's Theme: Giraffes and World Music
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ON THIS DATE
- 1783 - New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution.
- 1964 - Civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
- 1977 - The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) makes its debut.
- 1905 - French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1944 - English singer-songwriter Ray Davies
- 1979 - Actor Chris Pratt
- 1982 - British Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Beachboys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - LISTEN Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime - LISTEN DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime - LISTEN The Kinks - You Really Got Me - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Summer Anthem Song (2:53) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Lazy Summer Day (3:28) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Summer and Winter Solstice (1:24) - VIEW
- Grades 2-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Science of Summer Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
THEME: GIRAFFES
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Giraffes Can't Dance (26:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Giraffes (3:54) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Taking a Break (1:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Go Wild: Giraffes (3:57) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - San Diego Zoo - Giraffe Cam - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Go Wild: Giraffe and Rhinoceros (10:46) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Giraffidae - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants (0:35) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Drinking Giraffes Avoid a Head Rush (1:46) - VIEW
THEME: WORLD MUSIC
- Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Introduction to Instruments of the World (19:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ecuador and Bolivia: Music of the Andes (14:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMecia - Social Studies and World History through Music and Dance Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - China: Music of the Pipa (10:00) - VIEW and DO
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