Pets - April 11

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Today is Barbershop Quartet Day, Eight Track Tape Day, "Louie Louie" Day, Cheese Fondue Day, Pet Day, Poutine Day, Submarine Day, and Parkinson's Disease Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: PETS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1945 - American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
• 1951 - President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
• 1965 - 265 people die in the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak in six midwestern states.
• 1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting housing discrimination.
• 1970 - Apollo 13 is launched.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1749 - French miniaturist and portrait painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
• 1913 - Fashion Designer Oleg Cassini
• 1914 - Mathematician Dorothy Lewis Bernstein
• 1932 - Actor Joel Grey
• 1987 - Singer Joss Stone

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Son of Preacherman - Joss Stone - LISTEN
• Gonna Buy Me a Dog - The Monkees -- LISTEN
  
• Martha My Dear - The Beatles -  LISTEN
• Old King - Neil Young and Emmylou Harris - LISTEN
• The Puppy Song - Harry Nilsson -  LISTEN
• Louie Louie - The Kingsmen - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
Thomas Gray -  Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat

THEME:  PETS

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - What Are Pets? (1:33) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Pet Shop Field Trip (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Kidvision - A Dog with a Dog Trainer  (10:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia -  Young Explorers - Get Up and Go Play: Playing with Pets (2:36) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Kidvision - Animal Shelter Field Trip (7:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades: K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Cat Adaptations: Agility (3:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Canine Intelligence (6:24) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Pet Handedness (5:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Pet Therapy (6:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pigs as Pets (6:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades: 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Social and Cultural Perspectives of Dogs (8:53) - VIEW and DO
• Grades: 3-12 - PBS Learning Media - Nature - Cats (8:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Cat Tales (53:40) - VIEW
• Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - DogTales (54:11) - VIEW
• Grades: 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How We Domesticated Cats - Twice (7:47) - VIEW
• Grades: 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends (9:29) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Origins of Everything - Why Do People Have Pets? (7:50) - VIEW and DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE - Souhegan High Meets Trinity High
Thursday, 4/11 from 7-7:30 pm NHPBS
It's the second game of the GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE quarterfinals. Souhegan High and Trinity High battle for a chance to meet Merrimack High in the Semifinal Round. GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE Streaming Video

THE POWER OF WATER
Thursday, 4/11 from 10-10:30 pm NHPBS
Explore the history of hydropower in New England through the eyes of Keene, NH-based entrepreneur Bob King who has spent his life rehabilitating abandoned dams to produce clean energy.

WATER WORKS
Thursday, 4/11 from 10:30-11 pm NHPBS
Water Works traces water from its source to faucets, and shows the challenges to our water supply like aging infrastructure, drought, and pollution. It also examines what's being done to address these issues and how to keep clean water flowing in New Hampshire. WATER WORKS Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE- 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS - Extreme Wonders
Thursday, 4/11 from 2-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Visit extreme locales, including Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall and its dangers to sherpas, the Grand Canyon, where conservationists try to ensure a condor chick's survival, and the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, where farmers battle with elephants. EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS Streaming Video

EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS - Wonders of Water
Thursday, 4/11 from 3-4 pm NH EXPLORE
See wonders created by the grand and unpredictable power of water, including Victoria Falls, where men risk death to reach fishing pools; the Camargue, where man vs. bull; and ocean reefs, where a guardian seeks a manta ray to help save the species. EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS Streaming Video

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TULSA: THE FIRE AND THE FORGOTTEN
Thursday, 4/11 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and how the community of Tulsa is coming to terms with its past, present, and future. TULSA: THE FIRE AND THE FORGOTTEN  Streaming Video

AMERICA REFRAMED - What These Walls Won't Hold
Thursday, 4/11 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Transcending the grim realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adamu Chan's WHAT THESE WALLS WON'T HOLD paints a portrait of resilience and hope blossoming within San Quentin State Prison. Chan, formerly incarcerated himself, offers an insider's view delving into his journey toward freedom, while amplifying the voices of his community and their loved ones on both sides of the prison walls. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

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