Getting the the Point of Learning
Friday, April 9, 2021
Today is Winston Churchill Day and National Unicorn Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Unicorns, Rhinos, and Other Horned Animals
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ON THIS DATE
- 1784 - The The Treaty of Paris is ratified by King George III ending the Revolutionary War.
- 1865 - Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
- 1939 - Black singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her sing at Constitution Hall.
- 1959 - NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, known as the "Mercury Seven".
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River LISTEN
POEM OF THE DAY
Stanley Plumly - White Rhino
THEME: Unicorns, Rhinos, and Other Horned Animals
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Uni the Unicorn - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Pinkalicious and Peteriffic - Great Unicorn Challenge - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Pinkalicious and Peteriffic - That Unicorn Feeling - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Pinkalicious and Peteriffic - Picture a Unicorn - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Share a Story: "It's Okay to be a Unicorn" - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Arthur - DW's Unicorn Adventure App - DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Ask MIT - Could You Make a Unicorn by Crossing DNA? - VIEW
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