Blazing New Trails Learning
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Today is Amelia Earhart Day, Cousins Day, National Drive-Thru Day, National Tequila Day, and Tell An Old Joke Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder Day: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Parks
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Amelia Earhart
ON THIS DATE
- 1959 - U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate" at the American National Exhibition in Moscow,
- 1974 - The Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Richard Nixon had no authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes.
BIRTHDAYS
SONG OF THE DAY
- Joni Mitchell - Amelia - LISTEN
- Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - LISTEN
- Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away - LISTEN
- Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly - LISTEN
THEME: AMELIA EARHART
- Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Amelia Earhart Brochure - READ
- Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Amelia Earhart Coloring Sheet - DO
- Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle READ ALONG! With Author Brad Meltzer - I Am Amelia Earhart (13:26) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Amelia Earhart - Aviator, Record-breaker, and Activist (Available in Spanish) (4:00) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 3-12 - ReadWriteThink - Amelia Earhart Resources - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience- Amelia Earhart Chapter One (8:39) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Images of the Past - Finding Amelia (27:19) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Newly Discovered Footage of Amelia Earhart Unearthed (1:12) - 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.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.