Mothers - May 8
Learning That Will Love You and Make You Clean Your Room
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
- 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.
- 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
- The Beatles- Julia - LISTEN
- The Shirelles - Mama Said - LISTEN
- Taylor Swift - The Best Day - LISTEN
- Mary Lou Williams - The Man I Love - LISTEN
- 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
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