Sight and the Cuban Misisle Crisis - October 14

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Today is World Sight Day and National Dessert Day.

This is National Metric Week, Earth Science Week, and Teen Read Week.

October is Apple Month, Chili Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, Country Music Month, National Arts & Humanities Month, Bat Appreciation Month, and Raptor Month.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Sight and The Cuban Missile Crisis
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ON THIS DATE

• 1066 - The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
• 1926 - Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne is published.
• 1933 - Nazi Germany announces it is withdrawing from the League of Nations.
• 1947 - Chuck Yeager, flying the Bell X-1 rocket plane, becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
• 1962 -  The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
• 1964 -  Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1644 - Pennsylvania founder William Penn
• 1890 - 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 1893 - Actor Lillian Gish
• 1894 - Poet and New Hampshire summer resident  E. E. Cummings
• 1927 - English actor Roger Moore
• 1939 - Fashion designer Ralph Lauren
• 1978 - Singer Usher

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Van Morrison - Brown-eyed Girl - LISTEN
• Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eye - LISTEN
  
• Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes - LISTEN
• Jimmie Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now - LISTEN

THEME:  SIGHT

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Abby and Prince Charming Go to the Eye Doctor (1:23) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts -Techno Googly-Eyes (2:51) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Eight-eyed Monster (3:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Night Primates (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - A-Z Career Lab - Ophthalmologist (5:34) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - National Institutes of Health - Ask a Scientist - Eyes and Sight Collection (1:55)  - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Eyes Collection - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Eyes: Seeing is Believing (4:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - How Sharp Are an Eagle's Eyes? (2:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMEdia - Physics Girl - Could You Replace Your Eye with a Camera? (5:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Can Evolution Make an Eye? - 12 Days of Evolution #4 (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Is Your Eye Color Real? (5:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - What Are Eye Boogers? (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Operation Wild - Cataract Surgery in the Wild (11:51) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Dissection 101: Detailed Cow Eye Dissection Video Part 1 (4:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Dissection 101:  Detailed Cow Eye Dissection Video Part 2 (11:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Ask the Doctors - Eyes and Vision (57:58) - VIEW

THEME: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

• Grades 7-12 - JFK Library - The Cuban Missile Crisis - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - EDSITEment - The Cuban Missile Crisis Curriculum Resources - READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - National Archives -One Step from Nuclear War - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Bomb -The Cuban Missile Crisis (5:21) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - JFK and Crisis: The Cuban Missile Crisis (2:56)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - History Detectives - 3D Cuban Missile Crisis (7:17) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War (55:24) - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War - The Most Dangerous Time for the Human Race (2:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War - Potential Outcomes of a Nuclear Strike (8:18) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War - Kennedy's Speech (3:02) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War - Communications among Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy (9:59) - VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Abraham Lincoln/I Am Jane Jacobs
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS -  Arthur - Ants In Arthur's Pants/Don't Ask Muffy
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali - Operation Sleepover/Beneath The Surface
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS -  Wild Kratts - Praying Mantis
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - The Feed For Speed / An Uphill Task
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS -  Alma's Way - Beatbox Big Time/Super Sisters
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - D'orsay Day/Honey In Paris
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS - Nature Cat - The Deal With Eels/Skip It!

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 12-1 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Nova - Arctic Drift
• 1-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Impossible Builds - Ice World
  
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - Speed Racer/One Of These Goats
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Hero Elementary - The Feed For Speed / An Uphill Task
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Robotta's Singing Delivery Service/The Rhyme Off
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Viva La Pasta/Arrievederci Acqua!
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Robert Plant/Game Time
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Wild Kratts - Secrets Of The Spider's Web
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Molly of Denali

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 9-10 am NH WORLD -  Independent Lens - Cured
  
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - Frontline - Taliban Takeover
• 2-4 pm NH WORLD -  Baseball - A National Heirloom
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD -  Nova - Arctic Drift
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD -  Impossible Builds - Ice World
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - Impossible Builds - Europe In The Desert
  

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

Pressroom Contact

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