John Paul Jones, Marc Chagall, Frida Khalo, and George W. Bush - July 6

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

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Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: John Paul Jones, Marc Chagall, Frida Kahlo, and George W. Bush
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ON THIS DATE

• 1777 -  British General John Burgoyne seizes Fort Ticonderoga in New York from American forces.
• 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• 1942 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in Amsterdam.
• 1944 -  Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of an Army bus and later faces a court-martial.
• 1944 - 168 people die and 700 are injured in a fire at an afternoon performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, CT.
• 1957 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black athlete to win a Wimbledon championship.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1747- Revolutionary War naval captain and short-term Portsmouth, NH resident John Paul Jones
• 1799 - Author Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill
• 1887 - Russian-French Artist Marc Chagall
• 1907 - Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo
• 1921 - First Lady Nancy Reagan
• 1925 - Singer-songwriter Bill Haley
• 1937 - Actor Ned Beatty
• 1946 - President George W. Bush
• 1946 - Actor Sylvester Stallone
• 1975 - Rapper 50 Cent
• 1979 - Comedian and actor  Kevin Hart

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Billy Halley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock - LISTEN
• Styx - Come Sail Away -  LISTEN
• Blue Image - Ride Captain Ride - LISTEN
  
• Looking Glass - Brandy - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Chirachhua National Park, Arizona - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Martha Speaks - Operation Ice Cream Game - DO

THEME: JOHN PAUL JONES

• Grades 1-5 - Liberty's Kids - Not Yet Begun to Fight (23:12) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth, NH - READ 
• Grades 6-12 - U.S. Naval Academy - John Paul Jones -  READ
• Grades 6-12 - Naval History and Heritage Command - John Paul Jones - READ

THEME: MARC CHAGALL

• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall (14:13) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - I and the Village (14:08) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Russian Village (14:13) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Sun on the Village (14:08) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Paris Through the Window (14:24) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Fish on a Vintage Poster (14:12) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12  - Guggenheim Museum - Marc Chagall Collection - VIEW and READ
• Grades 4-12 -  Art Institute of Chicago - March Chagall - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - ArtPlus - Marc Chagall (7:13) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - ArtWorks - Marc Chagall (26:48)  - VIEW

THEME: FRIDA KAHLO

• Grades 6-12 - Moma - Frida Kahlo - VIEW AND READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  Art Cooking: Frida Kahlo (11:29) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Kahlo's Signature Style Honored Her Heritage and Queerness (5:28) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - What This Painting Tells Us About Frida Kahlo (9:26) - VIEW

THEME: GEORGE W. BUSH

• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia 60-second Presidents (1:18) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - George W. Bush - READ
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience George W. Bush - Chapter One (10:00) - VIEW

WATCH

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INDEPENDENT LENS - Scenes from the Glittering World
Thursday, 7/6 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Following three Indigenous students, Scenes from the Glittering World is a meditation on adolescence, trauma, and the power of connecting with an isolated Navajo homeland. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

AMERICA REFRAMED - Daughter of a Lost Bird
Thursday, 7/6 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by U.S. policy towards Indigenous people. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

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