Lions - November 13

Learning That Roars

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Today is Actor's Day, World Kindness Day, Indian Pudding Day, Sadie Hawkins Day, and Symphonic Metal Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource - Elana Terry - SassSquash Dish
Drum Month Resource of the Day -  How to Make a Living as a Drummer

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: LIONS

ON THIS DATE

• 1940 - Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia premieres.
• 1956 - The Supreme Court rules in Browder v. Gayle that Alabama laws requiring segregated buses are unconstitutional.
• 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. 
• 1997 - The Disney musical The Lion King opens on Broadway.

BIRTHDAYS

• 354 - Roman theologian Augustine of Hippo (St. Augustine)
• 1715 - German physician Dorothea Erxleben. She was the first woman licensed by a regulating medical body to practice medicine.
• 1732 - Revolutionary leader and founding father John Dickinson
• 1833 - Actor Edwin Booth
• 1850 - Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson
• 1856 - Supreme court justice Louis Brandeis
• 1886 - German choreographer and dancer Mary Wigman
• 1934 - Director and producer Garry Marshall
• 1955 - Actor Whoopi Goldberg

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Tokens - In the Jungle - LISTEN
• Lion King - The Circle of Life - LISTEN
• Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight - LISTEN

THEME: LIONS

• Grades K-12 - Smithsonian National Zoo - Lion Cam - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Lion Families (1:11) - VIEW
  
• Grades 2-12 - San Diego Zoo - Lions - READ
• Grades 4-12 - Africa Wildlife Foundation - Lions - READ
• Grades 4-9 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Human and Asiatic Lion Interactions in India (10:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise: Lion Mystery - (55:11) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise: Battle Lines - (55:11)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Competition between African Wild Dogs and Lions (4:42)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise: Tracking Lion Recovery (8:58) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Lions Return to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park (6:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -Nature - Are Lions the Most Intelligent Cat? (2:50) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Dogs in the Land of Lions (53:29) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Ethical Considerations in Wildlife Conservation: Asiatic Lions in India (4:59) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise - Tracking Lion Recovery in Gorongosa (8:58) - VIEW

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