Sunday Summer Learning!
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Today is Simplicity Day and National Pecan Pie Day.
ON THIS DATE.
- 1962 - The Rolling Stones perform their first concert.
- 1984 - NY representative Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman to run on a major party presidential ticket when Walter Mondale names her as his running mate.
BIRTHDAYS
- 100 BC - Roman politician and general Julius Caesar
- 1543 - King Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr., his sixth and last wife.
- 1817 - Author Henry David Thoreau
- 1865 - Scientist George Washington Carver
- 1884 - Producer Louis B. Mayer
- 1896 - Architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller
- 1896 - Producer, director, and songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II
- 1917 - Artist Andrew Wyeth
THEME: Julius Caesar, George Washington Carver, and Henry David Thoreau
THEME: JULIUS CAESAR
- Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Teaching with Primary Sources - Julius Caesar's Impact on the Roman Empire - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia Great Performances - Julius Caesar Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Shakespeare Uncovered - Julius Caesar with Brian Cox -VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Julius Caesar from Donmar - VIEW
- Grades 8-12- PBS LearningMedia - Shakespeare Uncovered - Julius Caesar and the American Experience - VIEW and DO
- Grades 8-12- PBS LearningMedia - Shakespeare Uncovered - Julius Caesar, Rhetoric, and Relevance - VIEW and DO
THEME: GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
- Grades 3-7 - PBS learning Media - George Washington Carver: Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher Video - VIEW
- Grades 3-7 - PBS learning Media - George Washington Carver: Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Seeds of Success: The Legacy of George Washington Carver - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - George Washington Carver National Monument - VIEW
THEME: HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Henry David Thoreau: Author, Philosopher, and Abolitionist Video - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Henry David Thoreau: Author, Philosopher, and Abolitionist Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Thoreau At Walden Pond -VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Mapping Thoreau Country - DO
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