Statue of Liberty and Spoonerisms - July 22

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Monday, July 22, 2024

Today is Mango Day, Casual Pi Day, National Hammock Day, Rat-catchers Day, and Spoonerism 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: Statue of Liberty and Spoonerisms

ON THIS DATE

• 1587 - An English colony is established on Roanoke Island off the coast of what is now North Carolina. The colony became known as the Lost Colony. when the colonists disappeared. 
• 1893 - Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful."
• 1937 - The U.S. Senate votes down FDR's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1844 - Scholar William Archibald Spooner
• 1849 - Poet Emma Lazarus
• 1882 - Painter Edward Hopper
• 1887 - Physicist Gustav Hertz
• 1898 - Sculptor Alexander Calder
• 1898 - Poet Stephen Vincent Benet
• 1923 - Politician Bob Dole

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Neil Diamond - America  - LISTEN
• Ray Charles - America the Beautiful - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Agate Fossil Beds, Nebraska - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Food - Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream - MAKE

THEME: STATUE OF LIBERTY

• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The Statue of Liberty Collection -VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Explore It - The Statue of Liberty - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America - The New Colossus (5:22) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - National Park Service - Statue of Liberty - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Field Trip: Statue of Liberty Sculptures (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - 10 Monuments That Changed America (54:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ken Burns - The Statue of Liberty  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  Reactions - Why is the Statue of Liberty Green? (3:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Funding the Statue of Liberty - Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (3:04) - VIEW and DO

THEME: SPOONERISMS

• Grades K-4 - Minds In Bloom - Fun With Spoonerisms - DO
• Grades 6-12 - Indiana Public Media - Moment of Science - Spoonerism: "Darn Boor"  (2;01) - LISTEN
• Grades Adult - NPR - Shel Silverstein's 'Runny Babbit' Tales Review (8:10) - LISTEN

WATCH

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

GREAT PERFORMANCES - Coppelia 
Monday, 7/22 from 12-1:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 classical ballet favorite Featuring a blend of live-action ballet with CGI, the film features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

GREAT PERFORMANCES - Black Lucy and the Bard 
Monday, 7/22 from 1:30-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Explore Shakespeare's mysterious love life through the perspective of the "Dark Lady" in this work from Nashville Ballet based on poetry by Caroline Randall Williams and featuring an original score by GRAMMY winner Rhiannon Giddens. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Terry Allen
Monday, 7/22 from 3:30-4:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Enjoy an hour with maverick Texas singer/songwriter and artist Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band. The Guggenheim Fellowship winner performs songs from his lauded LP Just Like Moby Dick, as well as classics from his back catalog. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS - Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Monday, 7/22 from 3-5 pm NH WORLD
Experience the political and personal journey of Jerry Brown, the longest-serving governor in California history. First elected at 36 years old and again at 72, Brown has spent over five decades tackling climate change and inequality. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

FREE TO SPEAK - The One True Faith
Monday, 7/22 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Challenging either religious or scientific dogma can prove explosive. The One True Faith looks at Galileo's once-sacrilegious beliefs and shows the uproar caused by the Scopes Monkey Trial. The program also examines the work of Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall, who proved that bacteria caused ulcers, and explores the cartoons published by Charlie Hebdo that led to a horrifying massacre. FREE TO SPEAK Streaming Video

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