Money - March 10

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Today is International Bagpipe Day, Mario Day, US Paper Money Day, and National Ranch Dressing Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Money

* Indicates a resource about a woman in recognition of Women's History Month.

ON THIS DATE

• 1848 - The Senate ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the war with Mexico.
• 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.
• 1922 - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison.
• 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1977 - Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1876 - Sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington *
• 1903 - Politician, author, and diplomat Clare Boothe Luce *
• 1924 - Editor Judith Jones *
• 1940 - Actor Chuck Norris
• 1957 - Saudi Arabian terrorist Osama bin Laden
• 1971 - Actor Jon Hamm
• 1972 - Rapper and producer Timbaland

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Cabaret - Money - LISTEN
• Barret Strong - Money (That's What I Want) - LISTEN
• The Beatles - Money (That's What I Want) - LISTEN

THEME:  Money

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - How Do People Get Money? (1:32) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia -  Young Explorers - What is Money? (1:56) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Bank & Money Field Trip (7:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Econ and Me Instructional Series - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - US Mint - H.I.P Pocket Change - VIEW, READ, DO, PLAY
• Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Money Collection - VIEW and PLAY
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Is Cryptocurrency the Future of Money? (8:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearingMedia -  Frontline - Generation Like: How "Likes" Become Money (3:55) - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

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