Chocolate and Bread - July 7
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Friday, July 7, 2023
Today is Tell the Truth Day, World Chocolate Day, Global Forgiveness Day, Comic Sans Day, Macaroni Day, Father and Daughter Day, and Take a Walk Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Chocolate and Bread
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ON THIS DATE
- 1863 - The U.S. begins its first military draft.
- 1898 - President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory.
- 1928 - The Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri sells the first sliced bread.
- 1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
- 1981 - President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1860 - Composer Gustav Mahler
- 1899 - Director and producer George Cukor
- 1906 - Baseball player Satchel Paige
- 1907 - Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein
- 1933 - Historian and author David McCullough
- 1940 - English musician Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy - LISTEN- Gustav Mahler - Piano Quartet in A Minor - LISTEN
- Bread - It Don't Matter To Me - LISTEN
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Bryce Canyon, Utah - GO
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Daniel Tiger - Picking an Ice Cream Flavor - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Sesame Street: Professor Cookie Subtracts (3:46) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Chocolate Factory (8:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grade 3 - PBS Learningm\Media - Melty Chocolate - READ, VIEW, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Reactions - Gum + Chocolate = ??? (1:49) - VIEW and READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth and Sky Podcast - Lyndel Meinhardt Is Searching for Heartier Chocolate in the Rainforest (7:59) - LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Is Fear of Ebola Driving Up the Price of Chocolate? (7:14) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Serving Up Science - 100% Dark Chocolate: Bitter or Best Ever? (7:30) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Is White Chocolate Actually Chocolate? (2:56) - VIEW
THEME: BREAD
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia -Let's Share a Story: "Fry Bread" (12:24) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Imagination Moment: Baking Banana Bread (2:21) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Bunny Bread (1:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - Making Bread (4:00) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - Secrets of Sourdough (8:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sourdough Bread is a Microbial Mystery (6:23) - VIEW
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SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART - Bernini
Friday, 7/7 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
The Ecstasy of St Theresa (1652) - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, boy wonder, then adult prodigy - sculptor, architect, composer, as well as a dashing Cavalier, and the personal friend of Pope Urban VIII. His sculptures have the breath of life flowing through them; in his hands stone seems to move and ripple.
LA FRONTERA WITH PATI JINICH - Fronterizos of the Golden Coast
Friday, 7/7 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Pati Jinich travels the California part of the US-Mexico border. She meets the fronterizos, or borderlanders, of the golden coast to experience the melding of cultures, cross-border collaborations, and explosive growth. LA FRONTERA WITH PATI JINICH Streaming Video
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: THE MAN WHO BUILT AMERICA
Friday, 7/7 from 9-10 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Leading Welsh architect Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces and the Welsh roots that shaped both his life and signature designs. Throughout his seven-decade career, Frank Lloyd Wright built over five hundred buildings and changed the face of modern architecture. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Steaming Video
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DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY - Land of the Free
Friday, 7/7 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Dive into the history of democracy, its birth, and the United States' unique take on this form of government. What is democracy? Who is free? Does it really matter if American democracy falls? DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY Streaming Video
DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY - Democracy Around the World
Friday, 7/7 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Do other countries face similar problems with upholding democratic freedoms? DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY Streaming Video
DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY - The Way Forward
Friday, 7/7 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
What is needed for democratic societies to thrive? DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY Streaming Video
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