Hawaii - August 21

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Sunday, August 21, 2022

• Today is National Spumoni Day and Senior Citizen's Day.
• August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month.
• Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Arthur: Asthma
• Sandwich of the Day: Kimchi Rice Sandwich

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Hawaii and Honey Bees
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ON THIS DATE

• 1831 - Nat Turner launches a slave rebellion in Virginia.
• 1858 - Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln meet in the first of seven debates for a U.S. Senate seat in Illinois.
• 1959 - President Eisenhower signs an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.
• 1992 - An 11-day siege begins in Ruby Ridge, Idaho at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1904 - Musician Count Basie
• 1936 - Basketball player Wilt Chamberlain
• 1938 - Singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers
• 1973 - Google co-founder Sergey Brin
• 1986 - Sprinter Usain Bolt

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Max Weinberg and the Ventures - Hawaii 5-0 Theme - LISTEN
  
• Kenny Rodgers - The Gambler - LISTEN

THEME: HAWAII

• Grades Prek-12 - Smithsonian Education - Creating Hawaii Lesson Plans - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Hawaiian Dance Field Trip (8:18)  - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 2-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Volcanic Views (2:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - GPS: Lava Flow (7:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Volcanic Island Life Cycle - Kilauea: Hawaii on Fire (2:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - National Park Service - Teaching with Historic Places - Iolani Palace: A Hawaiian Place of History, Power, and Prestige - DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS NewsHour Extra - Hawaii Lessons and Video Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hawaiian Coastal Cliffs (Available in Spanish) (1:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Lava Sampling on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii (5:47) - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii (4:33) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiian Archipelago  (Available in Spanish) (4:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Teaching with Primary Sources - Liliuokalani, the last Queen of Hawaii  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - National Archives - Joint Resolution to Provide for the Annexation of Hawaiin Islands - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Overthrow of Queen Lili‘uokalani (5:59) - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Hawaiin Language (56:45) -  VIEW

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NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• SCIGIRLS - Cartoon Coders
  Sunday, 8/21 from 9-9:30 am NHPBS
  Fueled by their passion for technology and social justice, Kanah, Margaret, and Eh Lay create a computer animation that urges kids to take action in their own communities. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish

• EUROPE'S NEW WILD - The Land of the Snow and Ice
  Sunday, 8/21 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
  In Lapland, natives and conservation groups work to save an age-old reindeer migration and restore an entire ecosystem in the process. Now, Lapland is witnessing wildlife spectacles return to the land of ice and snow. EUROPE'S NEW WILD Streaming Video in English and Spanish
  
  
• NATURE: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
  Sunday, 8/21 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
  Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs. NATURE Streaming Video

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