Leadership Learning
Monday, July 18, 2022
Today is Global hug Your Kid Day, National Caviar Day, National Sour Candy Day, and Nelson Mandela International Day, World Listening Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder: Wyoming: Devil's Tower
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Nelson Mandela
ON THIS DATE
- 1969 - A car driven by Ted Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
- 1998 - A tsunami along the coast of Papua New Guinea kills 3,000 people.
BIRTHDAYS
SONGs OF THE DAY
- Free Nelson Mandela - The Specials - LISTEN
- Johnny Clegg (With Nelson Mandela) - Asimbonanga - LISTEN
THEME: NELSON MANDELA
- Grades 7-12 - EDSITEment -Nelson Mandela & South Africa Teacher's Guide - DO
- Grades 7-12 - My Hero -Nelson Mandela Curated Multimedia Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Remembering Nelson Mandela (18:23) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Nelson Mandela’s Prison Letters Reveal His Unwavering Vision (8:20) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Nelson Mandela forever changed South Africa (9:45) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -Basic Black - Nelson Mandela: A Revolutionary Who Preached Reconciliation (26:16) - VIEW
More Learning Resources
Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.
Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
Local Learning Resources
The best of NH learning resources from around the state.
-
Cheshire County Historical Society
-
New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
-
Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
-
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
-
Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
-
Tiger Takes On

PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
- PBS Education
The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
- PBS Teachers' Lounge
This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
- PBS KIDS Games app
Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.