Mothers - May 8

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Today is Iris Day, Mother's Day, National Coconut Cream Pie Day, No Socks Day, V-E Day, and World Red Cross Day.
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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

ON THIS DATE

• Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, is guillotined during France's Reign of Terror.
• 1973 - Native American protesters who held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
• The album "Let It Be" by the Beatles is released.
• 1980 - The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1846 - Composer Oscar Hammerstein I
• 1884 - 33rd  President Harry S. Truman
• 1910 - Jazz Pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams
• 1926 - English environmentalist and TV host David Attenborough
• 1937 - Novelist Thomas Pynchon
• 1940 - Actor and Sesame Street cast member Emilio Delgado

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles- Julia - LISTEN
• The Shirelles - Mama Said - LISTEN
• Taylor Swift - The Best Day - LISTEN
• Mary Lou Williams - The Man I Love - LISTEN

THEME:  Mothers

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mother's Day Song (1:31) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Steet - M is for Mom (1:28) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mom and Me (1:44)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rotten Grouchy Mother's Day (1:06) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Mother's Day (8:33) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Anna Jarvis and the History of Mother's Day (4:28) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Mother Knows Best (5:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry Everywhere -Mother's Day, by Daisy Zamora (1:15) - VIEW and READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange (3:23)- VIEW and DO

Pressroom Contact

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