National Parks - April 21
Best Idea Learning
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Today is Big Word Day, Kindergarten Day, and National Tea Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: National Parks
ON THIS DATE
- 753 BC - Romulus founds Rome.
- 1836 - Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto.
- 1977 - Annie opens on Broadway.
- 2014 - Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the Flint water crisis
- 1816 - English novelist Charlotte Brontë
- 1838 - Environmentalist John Muir
- 1926 - UK Queen Elizabeth II
- 1939 - Nun and activist Sister Helen Prejean
- 1947 - Singer-songwriter Iggy Pop
POEM OF THE DAY
Academy of American Poets - Imagine Our Parks with Poems
- Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Kid Vision - Biscayne National Park Field Trip (8:15) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - National Park Service - VIEW, DO, READ, EXPLORE
- Grades 2-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The National Parks of Texas Collection - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - National Parks Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The National Parks - A Film by Ken Burns - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - National Archives - Teaching with Primary Sources - Conservationism and the Creation of Our National Parks - DO
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