Dogs

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Today is National Dog Day, National Toilet Paper Day, Women's Equality Day, and National Cherry Popsicle Day.

ON THIS DATE.

• 1920 - The 19th amendment to United States Constitution goes into effect.
• 1961- The Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto

BIRTHDAYS

• 1743 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier
• 1906 - Microbiologist and oral polio vaccine creator Albert Sabin
• 1910 - Macedonian missionary and Catholic saint Mother Teresa
• 1918 - NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
• 1935 - Politician and Democratic candidate for vice president Geraldine Ferraro
• 1935 - English computer scientist Karen Spärck Jones (groundbreaking work that laid the foundation for how search engines work! Google it.)
• 1952 - Journalist and puzzle creator and editor Will Shortz
• 1960 - Saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis
• 1980 - Actor Macaulay Culkin

SONGS OF THE DAY 
Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out? - LISTEN
The Monkees - Gonna Buy Me a Dog - LISTEN
Patti Page - How Much is the Doggie in the Window - LISTEN
The Beatles - Martha My Dear - LISTEN
Neil Young - Old King - LISTEN
Harry Nilsson - The Puppy Song - LISTEN

THEME: DOGS

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Clifford the Big Red Dog Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street  - It's a Doggy World - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street  - Walking the Dog Song  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Has Anybody Seen My Dog? - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Gina Explains Service Dogs - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Meet Digby the Dog - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - How to Be a Good Dog - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali -Tooey’s Hero  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Social and Cultural Perspectives of Dogs - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Historic Relationships Between Dogs and Humans - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Herding Dogs of the United Kingdom - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Sled Dogs of the Arctic Circle - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Hunting Dogs of Papua New Guinea - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Sled Dogs - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Colorblind Dogs - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Dog Handler - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Driftwood the Dog- VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia - Nova Science Now - Do Dogs Understand Fairness?- VIEW and DO (Available in Spanish)
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Sniffing Out Dogs' Senses - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Five Dogs with Crazy Resumes - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - How Your Dog's Nose Knows So Much -VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Can Dogs Smell Cancer? -  VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Dogs in the Land of Lions -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Eons -The Rise and Fall of the Bone-Crushing Dogs - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Dog Food STINKS! - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other's Butts? -VIEW

Watch 

• 12-1 pm NH WORLD - Year In Space
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Beyond A Year In Space
• 2-4 pm NH WORLD -  The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Asian Americans - A Question Of Loyalty
• 7-7:30 pm NH WORLD - Changing Seas - The Cordell Bank: A National Treasure
• 7:30- 8 pm NH WORLD - Changing Seas - Toxic Waters
• 8-8:30 pm NH WORLD - Changing Seas - Corals In Crisis
• 8:30-9 pm NH WORLD -  Changing Seas - Mystery Of The Humpback Whale Song
• 8-11 pm NHPBS - PBS Newshour GOP  Convention Coverage

Pressroom Contact

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