Vincent van Gogh - March 30

Starry, Starry Night Learning

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Today is Brothers' and Sisters' Day, Folding Laundry Day, Pencil Day, and Take A Walk In the Park Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Vincent van Gogh

Women's History Resource of the Day: Celebrating Women Artists

ON THIS DATE

• 1822 - Florida becomes a U.S. territory.
• 1867 - Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, or around to cents per acre.
• 1870 - Texas is readmitted to the Union.
• 1964 -  "Jeopardy!" premieres on NBC.
• 1981 - President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest and three others are wounded outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1746 - Spanish painter Francisco Goya
• 1820 - English author Anna Sewell
• 1853 - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh
• 1937 - Actor, director, and producer Warren Beatty
• 1945 - English singer-songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton
• 1968 - Canadian singer Celine Dion
• 1979 - Singer-songwriter Norah Jones

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Vincent - Don McClean - LISTEN
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton - LISTEN
It's All Coming Back to Me Now - Celine Dion - LISTEN
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones - LISTEN

THEME:  VINCENT VAN GOGH

• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - If Van Gogh Painted A Snowman (14:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Self-Portrait 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh (26:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Vincent Van Gogh (14:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Wheat Fields and Cypresses by Vincent Van Gogh (26:21) - VIEW
• Grades: K-12 - van Gogh Gallery - Lesson Plans - DO
• Grades 4-12 - van Gogh Museum - Lessons and Teaching Materials - DO
• Grades 4-12 - van Gogh Museum - 2019 Performance of "Vincent" by Don McLean (5:21) - VIEW and LISTEN
• Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - Better Know: The Starry Night (7:22) - VIEW
• Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Artworks - Impressionists (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - NYC-ARTS - Curator's Choice: "Starry Night" (4:16) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Secrets of the Dead - Who was Vincent van Gogh? (3:08) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Secrets of the Dead - Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut His Ear?  (3:40 )- VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - Art Cooking: Vincent van Gogh (14:07) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour -  New Show Presents Van Gogh Next to Artists Who Inspired Him (7:29)- VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Woodwright's Shop - Van Gogh’s Chair (26:45) - VIEW

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