Shakespeare - April 23
Learning with the Bard
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Today is Spanish Language Day, Movie Theater Day, World Book Night, and Talk Like Shakespeare Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Shakespeare
ON THIS DATE
- 1940 - 209 people died in a fire at the Rhythm Club dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi.
- 2005 - The first-ever YouTube video, "Me at the Zoo", is posted by co-founder Jawed Karim.
- 1564 - English playwright William Shakespeare
- 1791 - 15th President James Buchanan
- 1858 - German physicist Max Planck
- 1928 - Actor and diplomat Shirley Temple
- 1936 - Singer-songwriter Roy Orbison
- 1954 - Director Michael Moore
- 1977 - Comedian John Oliver
POEM OF THE DAY
William Shakespeare - The Phoenix and the Turtle
THEME: Shakespeare
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Patrick Stewart Soliloquy on B (1:26) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Taming of the Shoe (3:20) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - Granite State Challenge - Shakespeare Quizzes - DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Performing Shakespeare (6:48) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Experiencing Shakespeare (56;41) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS Learning Media - Shakespeare Uncovered Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Theater - The English Renaissance and NOT Shakespeare (12:17) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Theater - Comedies, Romances, and Shakespeare's Heroines (10;46) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Theater - Shakespeare's Tragedies and an Acting Lesson (11;29) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Theater - Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon – Shakespeare's Early Days (10:52) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Shakespeare Uncovered Series - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - Shakespearean Insults Generator - DO
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