Christa McAuliffe and Coconuts - September 2

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Friday, September 2, 2022

• Today is National Doodle Day, National Food Bank day, V-J Day, World Coconut Day, National Wear Teal Day, and International Bacon Day.
  
  
• September is National Chicken Month, National Yoga Month, National Apple Month, National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, National Sewing Month, National Piano Month,  Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
  
  
• Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: Dance Art Toolkit: Matlachines 
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Mozart's Choral Music

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Coconuts and Christa McAuliffe
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ON THIS DATE

• 1666 - The Great Fire of London begins. It burns for three days and destroys over 10,000 buildings. BBC Teaching Resources
• 1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
• 1864 - Union forces led by General Sherman occupy Atlanta.
• 1945 - Japan signs an unconditional surrender bringing an end to WWII
• 1885 - A group of 150 white miners attacks and kills 28 Chinese immigrants at the Rock Springs Massacre In Rock Springs, Wyoming. LOC Research Guide
• 1935 - The Labor Day Hurricane hits near Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1838 - Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii 
• 1948 -  Teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe
• 1966 - Actor Salma Hayek

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Harry Nilsson - Coconut - LISTEN
• Merv Griffin -  I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - LISTEN
  
• Kenny Chesney w. Willie Nelson - Coconut Tree - LISTEN

THEME:  CHRISTA MCAULIFFE 

• Grades 5-8 - Challenger Center - Christa's Lost Lessons Brought to Life - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Barbara Morgan: No Limits (48:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - New Hampshire in Space (26:20) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Christa McAuliffe's Teacher in Space Interview (5:18) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NASA - Christa McAuliffe - READ
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Retro Report - The Challenger Tragedy - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: COCONUTS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Coconuts (1:13) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Super Why - Alpha Pig's Alphabet Coconut Game (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Coconauts  (8:02) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - An Octopus' Coconut Home (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - Is a Coconut a Fruit, Nut, or Seed? - READ
• Grades 9-12 -  Washington University in St. Louis - Deep History of Coconuts Decoded - READ

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NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options
NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM M-F 6 am and 4:30 pm NHPBS
9/2 -  I Am Isaac Newton/I Am Golda Meir
XAVIER RIDDLE Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

WILD KRATTS M-F 7:30 am and 3:30 pm NHPBS
9/2 - Adapto the Coyote - CLIP and LESSON
WILD KRATTS Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

HERO ELEMENTARY M-F 8 am and 3 pm NHPBS
9/2 - AJ's Extra Superpower (Autism) - VIEW
HERO ELEMENTARY Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

LET"S GO LUNA M-F 2:30 pm NHPBS
9/2 - Totally Totem/Glacier Or Bust (Juneau, Alaska)
LET"S GO LUNA Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Mine War
Friday, 9/2 from 8-10 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Go inside the bitter battle to unionize coal miners at the dawn of the 20th century. The struggle over the power that fueled America led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a bloody war zone. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Raul Julia: The World's a Stage
Friday, 9/2 from 9-10:30 pm NHPBS
Discover the life and career of Raul Julia, the charismatic, award-winning actor and humanitarian known for versatile roles on stage and screen, from Shakespearean plays to "The Addams Family."  AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

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