Langston Hughes
Poetry Learning
Monday, February 1, 2021
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ON THIS DATE
- 1861 - Texas secedes from the United States.
- 1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was published in the Atlantic Monthly.
- 1942 - Voice of America begins broadcasting.
- 1960 - Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- 1964 - The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
- 1982 - "Late Night with David Letterman" premiered on NBC.
- 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
- 2004 - Singer Janet Jackson had a "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show. By the way, the Patriots won.
- 1895 - Director John Ford
- 1901 - Actor Clark Gable
- 1902 - Poet and novelist Langston Hughes
- 1931 - Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin
- 1937 - Singer-songwriter Don Everly
- 1942 - Welsh actor Terry Jones
- 1948 - Singer-songwriter Rick James
- 1994 - Singer-songwriter Harry Styles
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand - LISTEN
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Langston Hughes - VIEW
- Grades 6-8 - EDSITEment -The Poet's Voice: Langston Hughes and You Lesson Plan - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Walk Through Harlem - "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Walk Through Harlem - Symbolism in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Poetry in America - Harlem by Langston Hughes (Passport Members) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Langston Hughes on Trial - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Langston Hughes Signed First Edition Books - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - ReadWriteThink - Langston Hughes Activities - READ and DO
- Grades 8-12 - EDSITEment - The Works of Langston Hughes Teacher's Guide -DO
- Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes Lesson Plan - READ and DO
- Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Passages: Unit 10 - Rhythms in Poetry (Full Episode) - VIEW
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- 12-1 pm NH WORLD - Wild Metropolis - Commuters
- 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Saving The Dead Sea
- 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD - SciGirls - Puppet Power
- 2:30-3 pm NH WORLD - Get The Math
- 3-5 pm NH WORLD - Circus: American Experience
- 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
- 6-9 pm NH WORLD - John Lewis - Get in the Way
- 10-11 pm NHPBS - Independent Lens - 9 to 5: The Story of a Movement
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