Star Wars - May 4
May the Force Be With You Learning
Tuesday, May 4, 2022
Today is Intergalactic Star Wars Day, International Firefighters Day, National Orange Juice Day, and World Asthma Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Today's Theme: Star Wars
ON THIS DATE
- 1776 - Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III
- 1904 - The U.S. begins constructing the Panama Canal.
- 1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
- 1953 - Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
- 1959 - The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
1951 - The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. - 1970 - The Ohio National Guard opens fire on a group of anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
- 1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the UK.
- 1826 - Painter Frederic Edwin Church
- 1929 - Actor Audrey Hepburn
- 1979 - Singer Lance Bass
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Ohio - LISTEN
NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye - LISTEN
Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast At Tiffany's - Moon River - LISTEN
Dominico Modugno - Volare - First Song of the Year Grammy Winner - 1958 - LISTEN
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian Americans in Military Service during WWII
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Star S'mores (5:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C3PO and R2D2 Visit Sesame Street (3:00) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Star Wars Song (3:34) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performance of the Theme from Star Wars (4:14) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - A 'May the Fourth' Musical Tribute (1:17) -VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - National Air and Space Museum - Star Wars: The Magic of Myth Exhibit - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - SHANKS FX - Stop-Motion Star Wars (4:04) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBD Video - SHANKS FX - How to Create Star Wars Lightsaber Sound Effects (4:35) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - The Real Star Wars (12:38) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - Teaching Star Wars with the NY Times Collection - DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Star Wars Decoded (5:38) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art of the Star Wars Costumes (27:40) - VIEW
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