Rodents - November 18

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Monday, November 18, 2024

Today is Mickey Mouse Day, Princess Day, Apple Cider Day, Vichyssoise Day, and William Tell Day.

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

ON THIS DATE

• 1928 -  Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
• 1978 -  In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a murder-suicide that claims 918 lives
• 2003 - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1787 - French inventor Louis-Jacques Daguerre
• 1836 - English lyricist William Gilbert
• 1861 - Journalist and advice columnist Dorothy Dix
• 1901 - Statistician George Gallup
• 1908 - Actor and comedian Imogene Coca
• 1909 - Composer Johnny Mercer
• 1928 - Astronaut  and Derry, NH native Alan B. Shepard
• 1939 - Canadian author Margaret Atwood
• 1975 - Baseball player David Ortiz
• 1985 - Fashion designer Christian Siriano

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Pirates of Penzance - I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General  - LISTEN
• Johnny Mercer - Accentuate the Positive - LISTEN
  

THEME:  RODENTS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Miami Mice with The Count (5:04) -  VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Beavers (Available in Spanish) (4:42) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Greatest Creature Builder (1:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Building a Beaver Pond (1:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Beavers Have Lumberjack Teeth (2:32) - VIEW 
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - WildTV - Squirrel Rehabilitation (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6- NHPBS - NatureWorks - Adaptation - Beavers (14:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-10 - PBS LearningMedia - Prairie Dogs (Available in Spanish) (2:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Rodentia - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova -  Do Rats Feel Empathy? (3:34) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rescuing and Relocating Beavers (6:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas (4:06)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Beavers: The Smartest Things in Fur Pants (4:41) - VIEW

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