Salamanders and Gerrymandering

Friday, July 17, 2020

Today is World Emoji Day

ON THIS DATE

• 1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States.
• 1917 -  In the midst of WWI, the British royal family changes its name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor.
• '1945 - Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and  Minister Winston Churchill began meeting at Potsdam.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1744 - Politician and vice president Elbridge Gerry
• 1899 - Actor James Cagney

THEME: SALAMANDERS

• Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Up Close and Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts  - Fire Salamander -  VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Caudata - Salamanders, Newts, Mudpuppies - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Small Creatures/Large Lessons - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  It's Okay to Be Smart - The Deadpool Salamander That Can Regrow Limbs - VIEW

THEME: GERRYMANDERING

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer -VIEW
• Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head - VIEW, READ and DO

Watch 

• 11:53-12:22  pm NH WORLD - SciGirls - Insulation Station
• 12:22-12:51 pm NH WORLD - SciGirls- Puppet Power
• 12:51-1:49 - pm NH WORLD - Nature- Sex, Lies, And Butterflies
• 1:49-5 pm NH WORLD - Les Miserables On Masterpiece
• 9 pm-12 am NHPBS - Great Performances at the Met -The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339