Gorillas and Dr. Seuss - March 2

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Today is  Dr. Seuss Day, NEA's Read Across America Day, and National Banana Creme Pie Day

March is Women's History Month
*indicates a resource or program highlighting women's history, culture, or individual.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Gorillas ad Dr. Seuss

ON THIS DATE

• 1807 - U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.
• 1836 - Texas declares its independence from Spain.
• 1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote
• 1917 - Puerto Ricans are granted U.S. citizenship.
• 1933 - King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
• 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• 1983 - Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States

BIRTHDAYS

• 1793 - Ist president of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston
• 1860 - Politician and activist and first female U.S. Mayor Susanna M. Salter *
• 1900 - German-born composer Kurt Weill
• 1902 - Baseball player and spy Moe Berg
• 1904 - Writer and illustrator Dr. Seuss
• 1922 - Computer programmer Frances Spence *
• 1931 - Russian politician Mikhail Gorbachev
• 1942 - Novelist and NH native John Irving
• 1942 - Singer-songwriter Lou Reed
• 1950 - Singer Karen Carpenter
• 1952 - Actor Laraine Newman
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi
• 1980 - Australian actor - Rebel Wilson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Lou Reed - Satellite of Love - LISTEN
• The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun -LISTEN
• Bon Jovi- Livin' On A Prayer - LISTEN
• Lotte Lenya - Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill - LISTEN

THEME: Gorillas

• Grades PreK-1 - The Cat in the Hat - Gordon the Gorilla (2:05) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - There's a Gorilla! (1:23) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Houston Zoo - Gorilla Habitat Cam - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Gorillas (8:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Alpha Gorilla is Dad of the Year (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Did You Know Gorillas Can Sing? (1:21) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Baby Nyakabara (2:51) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Baby Gorilla: The Four-Pound Legacy (25:58) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Koko - The Gorilla Who Talks (54:51) - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons -What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape? (7:24) - VIEW

THEME: Dr. Seuss

• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Dr Seuss & Making Oobleck (14:15)  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat Know A Lot About That - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Rainbow Readers - Cooper Mleynek: "Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose" (0:44) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS Video - Rapping Dr. Seuss (2:00) VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kids In Motion - Marvin K. Mooney (Available in Spanish) (3:44) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Dr. Seuss-illustrated Program & Drawing (3:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Dr. Seuss-signed First Edition Books (3:44) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Dr. Seuss’s Publisher Helped Finish a Forgotten Book (6:26)  - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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