J.R.R. Tolkien - March 25

Friday, March 25, 2022

Today is National Medal of Honor Day, Tolkien Reading Day, National Pecan Day, No Homework Day,  and  International Waffle Day.

*Indicates a resource about a woman or women in celebration of Women's History Month.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: JRR Tolkien

ON THIS DATE

• 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots.
• 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
• 1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
• 1911 - In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. (American Experience - Triangle Fire Resources)
• 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• 1957 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
• 1965 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1745 - Naval officer and "Father of the American Navy" John Barry
• 1826 - Women's rights advocate Matilda Gage *
• 1867 - Cellist and conductor Arturo Toscanini
• 1881 - Hungarian pianist and composer Béla Bartók
• 1925 - Writer Flannery O'Connor * (American Masters - Flannery)
• 1928 - Astronaut Jim Lovell
• 1934 - Feminist Gloria Steinem * (PBS Newshour Story)
• 1942 - Singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin * (PBS NewsHour - Talk with Your Students about Aretha Franklin: They All Know the Queen of Soul)
  
• 1947 - Singer-songwriter Elton John
• 1965 - Actor Sarah Jessica Parker *
• 1967 - Skater and physician Debi Thomas *
• 1971 - Basketball player and coach Sheryl Swoopes *
• 1982 - Racecar driver Danica Patrick *

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Led Zeppelin -  The Battle of Evermore - LISTEN
• Led Zeppelin - Ramble On - LISTEN
• Arturo Toscanini - Conducting Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries - LISTEN
• Aretha Franklin - Say a Little Prayer - LISTEN
• Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - LISTEN
  

THEME:  JRR Tolkien

• Grades: 3-12 - BRAINPOP - Educator Resources for J. R. R. Tolkien - VIEW and DO
• Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - Rainbow Readers - Review of the Hobbit (1:03) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Great American Read - George R.R. Martin Discusses Lord of the Rings (4:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Lit - The Constructed Languages of J.R.R. Tolkien (14:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - ReadWriteThink - Tolkien Resources - DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - J.R.R. Tolkien in Wisconsin (41:48) - VIEW

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