Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, and Indigenous Culture - October 10

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Monday, October 10, 2022

Today is Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day, World Porridge Day, Hug A Drummer Day, National Cake Decorating Day, National Handbag Day, Squid & Cuttlefish Day, National Metric Day, National Tuxedo Day, World Homeless Day, and World Mental Health Day.

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

Animal Cam of the Day: Texas State Aquarium Cuttlefish Cam

Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting

LGBT History Resource of the Day: Lorraine Hansberry

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, nd Indigenous Culture
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ON THIS DATE

• 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills up to 30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 1935 - George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess opens on Broadway.
• 1966 - The Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations" is released.
• 1973 - Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with tax evasion.
• 1979 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky makes his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers.
• 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes Germany's first female chancellor.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1684 - French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau
• 1731 - English scientist Henry Cavendish
• 1738 - Painter Benjamin West
• 1813 - Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
• 1917 - Musician Thelonious Monk
• 1924 - Producer and director Ed Wood
• 1930 - English playwright Harold Pinter
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter John Prine
• 1946 - Actor Ben Vereen
• 1954 - Singer David Lee Roth
• 1958 - Singer Tanya Tucker
• 1963 - Journalist Daniel Pearl
• 1967 - Governor of California Gavin Newsom

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Guiseppe Verdi - La Traviata: 'Brindisi' - LISTEN
• Thelonious Monk - Don't Blame Me - LISTEN
• John Prine - Hello In There  - LISTEN
• Van Halen - Jump - LISTEN
• Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn - LISTEN
• Ben Vereen - Magic To Do - LISTEN
• Stone Poneys w. Linda Ronstadt -Differnet Drum - LISTEN
• Mike Nesmith - Different Drum - LISTEN

THEME: DRUMS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Bert and Ernie Play Drums (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Musician with Questlove (3:02) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - South American Drums! (1:24) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Evelyn Glennie Plays the Drums (3:35)  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming School: Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming for Exercise (2:37) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Steel Drum Rhythm (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids -Make a Chinese Rattle Drum (1:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums And Bells Of China Sing-a-long (1:40)  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - A Chinese Drum Performance (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Drums of China (5:15) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Grandpa's Drum (25:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMeida - Zoom -Pitch: Super Sounding Drums (Available in Spanish) (3:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Hana's Japanese Drums (2:47) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Shoshone Drum (2:35)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Arapaho Drum (1:38) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ancestors Talk Through Drums (3:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Antiques Roadshow - Civil War Drum (4:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 -  NHPBS Video - Sound Field - How To Make a Living As a Drummer with LA Buckner (8:10) -  VIEW

THEME:  SQUID AND CUTTLEFISH

• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Whale of a Squid (26:26) - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Camouflaging Cuttlefish (4:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - I Contain Multitudes - Nature's Cutest Symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid (8:05) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Giant Cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf  (3:34) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Ocean Adventures -Spectacular Squid (4:31) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Inside Nature's Giants - The Giant Squid Collection - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious - Bioluminescent Firefly Squid (3:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Cuttlefish: Tentacles in Disguise (3:54) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -You're Not Hallucinating. That's Just Squid Skin (3:17) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - MIT's Science Out Loud - Squid Skin with a Mind of Its Own (4:32) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - bioGraphic - Invisible Nature: The Glowing Squid (4:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cool Critters: Dwarf Cuttlefish - (Available in Spanish) (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Life on the Reef - The Amazing Cuttlefish (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - How the Squid Lost Its Shell (8:05) - VIEW

THEME: INDIGENOUS CULTURE

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cripple Creek - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Molly of Denali Series - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Native American Heritage Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Our New Hampshire - People of the Dawn (18:19) -VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Native America - Hopi Origin Story (4:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reconnecting Roots - Native Americans: An Uncommon History (27:02) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - KVIE Arts Showcase - Native American Art (27:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance - Albuquerque's Native American Hip-Hop Dance (6:08) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance - Native American Hoop Dancing and Hip-Hop in Minneapolis (4:17) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Warrior Tradition (54:41)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sound Field - What Does Electric Pow Wow Sound Like? (14:01) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee, and the Trail of Tears (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Made Here - Nebi, Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water (12:31) - VIEW

Watch 

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P.O.V. - Accepted
Monday, 10/10 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Follow four high school students at a prep school in Louisiana that sends 100% of its grads to college, rocked by scandal as an article exposes the controversial methods of its dynamic founder - and the fiction of higher education's promise. P.O.V. Streaming Video

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NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER - The Roots
Monday, 10/10 from 12-1 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Hip Hop legends The Roots give an electrifying performance during their residency at the Kennedy Center. Beyond the stage, the band endeavors to inspire others and explore the depths of their creative potential. NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Streaming Video

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE - Lionel Ritchie
Monday, 10/10 from 1-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, a PBS music special, honors singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, as he receives the distinguished honor from the Library of Congress. GERSHWIN PRIZE Streaming Video

DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC - John Doyle, Andrew Finn Magil, Will McMorran
Monday, 10/10from 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Celtic folk music thrives in America as well as on its home turf. David visits with masters of Celtic music John Doyle, Will MacMorran, and Andrew Finn Magill. DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC Streaming Video

AMERIAN MASTERS - Loretta Lynn
Monday, 10/10 from 3:30-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Inducted into more music Halls of Fame than any female singer to date, Loretta Lynn has earned four Grammy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and sold more than 45 million records worldwide. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

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RIVERS OF LIFE - Danube
Monday, 10/10 from 8-9 am NH WORLD
Europe's mighty and majestic Danube, full of glorious riches and magical surprises, is the world's most international river. See how its epic journey is like no other - featuring stunning secret tributaries, baby turtles, and a waterfall-riding kayaker. RIVERS OF LIFE Streaming Video

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST - Tempest-Tossed (1942- )
Monday, 10/10 from 9-11:30 am 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. THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST Streaming Video

FIRST CIVILIZATIONS - War
Monday, 10/10 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Examine the process of "destructive creation"-the idea that fear, rivalry, and conflict strengthen community bonds while stimulating an arms race of technological progress. The result is civilization. Ancient Mesoamerica exemplifies this development. FIRST CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

FIRST CIVILIZATIONS - Religion
Monday, 10/10 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Discover the secret to the stability and cohesion of Ancient Egypt-religion. When people share a core set of beliefs, they are more likely to identify as one. That was true for the first civilizations and it's just as true today. dFIRST CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video

MARIPOSAS DEL CAMPO
Monday, 10/10 from 7:30-9 pm NH WORLD
Indigenous teenagers from Mexico strive to change their families' destinies in the strawberry fields of Oxnard, California. Through a stormy year of sanctioned racism and anti-immigrant policies, their journeys are captured with help from their own videos as they navigate cultural identity, parental expectations, economic challenges, and the justice needs of their migrant farmworker community.

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