Good Manners, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds - October 3

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Monday, October 3, 2022

Today is Butterfly and Hummingbird Day, Child Health Day, Global Smoothie Day,  Look at the Leaves Day,  National Family TV Show Day,  and Supreme Court Opening Day.

October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.

Animal Cam of the Day:  San Diego Zoo Burrowing Owl Cams

Dessert of the Day:  Maple Pumpkin Bread

LGBT History Resource of the Day: Uncovering and Incorporating LGBTQ+ History Webinar

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Good Manners, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds
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ON THIS DATE

• 1863 - President Lincoln establishes the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
• 1932 - Iraq gains independence from the UK.
• 1975 - The Cleveland Indians hire Frank Robinson as major league baseball's first black manager.
• 1990 - East Germany and West Germany reunite after 45 years of separation.
• 1995 - O. J. Simpson is declared not guilty in his murder case.
• 2008 - US House approves a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1873 - Etiquette expert Emily Post
• 1925 - Author Gore Vidal
• 1941 - Singer Chubby Checker
• 1949 - Musician Lindsey Buckingham
• 1951 - Musician Keb' Mo'
• 1951 - Astronaut and the first American woman to walk in space Kathryn D. Sullivan
• 1954 - Baseball player and announcer Dennis Eckersley
• 1954 - Activist and TV host Al Sharpton
• 1954 - Musician Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 1969 - Songer-songwriter Gwen Stefani
• 1975 - Singer-songwriter India Arie

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Chubby Checker - The Twist - LISTEN
• Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road - LISTEN
• Keb' Mo' - Better Man - LISTEN
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy - LISTEN
• Gwen Stefani - Cool - LISTEN
• India Arie - I Am Not My Hair - LISTEN
• Dolly Parton - Love Is Like a Butterfly - LISTEN
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - LISTEN

THEME: Good Manners

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Super Why! - Hansel and Gretel and Manners (25:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Cobie Smoulders: Courteous (1:53) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Theater Etiquette (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Good Manners with Cookie Monster and Sam (1:42)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Courteous (Word on the Street Podcast) (5:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Two-Headed Monster Takes Turns - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Salsa - Manners  - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS Parents - Table Manners For Kids - READ
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Artsville - Audience Etiquette - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Artsville - Etiqueta de la audiencia - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - Internet Archive - Coronet Films - 1959 Instructional Film - Lunchroom Manners - VIEW

THEME:  Butterflies

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little Butterfly Friend Song (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 11 Butterflies (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Learning Media - If I Was a Butterfly (5:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - A Day with a Butterfly Expert  (9:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - All About Butterflies  (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Butterfly Garden  (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make a Butterfly Costume  (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Butterflies: They Taste With Their Feet  (4:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6- SciGirls - Butterfly Diaries (26:10) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Butterfly Wings  (7:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Moths and Butterflies -  READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior - Karner Blue Butterfly  (8:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear (5:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Quest - Fire and Butterflies  (5:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Mystery of the World's Greatest Butterfly Migration (9:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Using Gene Editing To Repaint Butterfly Wings  (11:13)  - VIEW

THEME: HUMMINGBIRDS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS Kids - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That  - What Do Hummingbirds Drink? (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets - Hummingbird Nest (1:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Hummingbird: Creature Power (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Hummingbirds (26:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures -You Gotta Love Hummingbirds (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbird: Survivor, Architect, and Builder (2:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Structure and Function: Hummingbird Tongue (5:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cuba's Wild Revolution: The World's Smallest Bird (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Extraordinary Birds: Little Brain, Big Journey (Available in Spanish) (2:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Inside Science - Why Hummingbirds Have a Sweet Tooth (2:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cellular Respiration in Scarce Oxygen: Hummingbird Adaptations at High Altitudes (6:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - A Variety of Hummingbirds (Available in Spanish) (2:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - California Academy of Sciences -  Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover (6:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -  What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? (3:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Georgia outdoors - Hummingbird Heaven (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery (3:41) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbirds and Hawks: An Unlikely Pair (5:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution - Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones (3:48) - VIEW, READ, DO

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P.O.V. - The Last Out
Monday, 10/03 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Three Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the United States. At the shadowy nexus of the migrant trail and pro sports, The Last Out chronicles their difficult journey, from multi-step immigration obstacles and learning English to the broken promises and dubious motives of agents. P.O.V. Streaming Video

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RIVERS OF LIFE - Zambezi
Monday, 10/3 from 8-9 am NH WORLD
From surfers riding mysterious waves in deep gorges to elephants battling rapids above Victoria falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the wildlife and people of the Zambezi, Africa's extraordinary shape-shifting river. RIVERS OF LIFE Streaming Video

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST - Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
Monday, 10/03 from 9-11:20 am NH WORLD
As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews. THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST Streaming Video

CIVILIZATIONS - The Second Moment of Creation
Monday, 10/3 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

CIVILIZATIONS - How Do We Look?
Monday, 10/3 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Explore the many functions of the human image in art. Portraits, paintings, and sculptures, both life-size and colossal, perform a role-assuaging loss, expressing strength, and inspiring fear-and were instrumental in depicting the human body today. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

CIVILIZATIONS - God and Art
Monday, 10/3 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Trace the relationship between religion and art, which has inspired some of the most ingenious, affecting, majestic and breathtaking works of art ever made. Yet beneath great works of religious art often lie conflict, intrigue, and divine mysteries. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

LATINO AMERICANS - Pride and Prejudice
Monday, 10/03 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Witness the creation of the proud "Chicano" identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process. LATINO AMERICANS Streaming Video

LATINO AMERICANS - Peril and Promise
Monday, 10/03 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Examine the past 30 years, as a second wave of Cubans and hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, and Guatemalans flee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants that leads to calls for tightened borders, English-only laws, and efforts to brand the undocumented as a drain on public resources. Simultaneously, the Latino influence is booming in business, sports, media, politics, and entertainment. Latino Americans become the largest and youngest growing sector of the American population.. LATINO AMERICANS Streaming Video

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DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC - Darrell Scott
Monday, 10/03 from 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
David visits with renowned singer-songwriter Darrell Scott, whose music is intensely personal but also universal. DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC Streaming Video

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Brandi Carlile
Monday, 10/03 from 3:30-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Celebrated Americana singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile raises the roof for a full hour of passionate and powerful songs from her acclaimed album In These Silent Days. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

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