Vietnam War and Pianos - March 29

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Today is Mermaid Day, Piano Day, Lemon Chiffon Cake Day, Vietnam Veterans Day, and Brothers' and Sisters' Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Vietnam War and Pianos

Women's History Month Resource: Vietnam Women’s Memorial 30th Anniversary

ON THIS DATE

• 1886 -  John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• 1961 - The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• 1973 - The last U.S. troops leave South Vietnam.
• 1974 - Terracotta Army is discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1790 - 10th President of the U.S. John Tyler
• 1867 - Baseball pitcher Cy Young
• 1918 - Singer Pearl Bailey
• 1918 - Businessman Sam Walton
• 1943 - English comedian Eric Idle

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Eric Idle - Always Look at the Bright Side of Life - LISTEN
• Pearl Baily - If They Could See Me Now - LISTEN
  

THEME:  VIETNAM WAR

• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching the Vietnam War - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam Veterans Memorial (49:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam on the Homefront - Talking Vietnam in Their High School Halls (5:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Last Days in Vietnam Collection - VIEW and LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam - The Draft (9:35) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The Vietnam War Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media -American Experience - Escalation of the Vietnam War by LBJ (5:06) - VIEW and DO

THEME:  PIANOS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Super Grover 2.0: Pulleys - (6:51)  VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit  - Beethoven's Emperor Concerto (10:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Curious Crew - Piano Science (26:45) - VIEW
• Grades 5-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Piano Tuning and Balancing Equations (7:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit -Profile: Euntaek Kim, Piano, and Performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy (27:36)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Jazz Performance: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good ) (4:21) - VIEW, READ, DO

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