Hamsters - May 10

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Today is Hurrah For Buttons Day and Lost Sock Memorial Day.
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Ancient Egypt

ON THIS DATE

• 1955 - West Germany joins NATO.
• 2017 - President Donald Trump fires FBI Director James Comey.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1800 - Abolitionist John Brown
• 1860 - Scottish novelist and Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie
• 1874 - English archeologist Howard Carter
• 1906 - Librarian, author, and illustrator Eleanor Estes
• 1914 - Country music singer-songwriter Hank Snow
• 1918 - Journalist Mike Wallace
• 1938 - Poet Charles Simic
• 1940 - Director and producer James L. Brooks
• 1949 - Singer-songwriter Billy Joel

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire - LISTEN
• Steve Martin - King Tut - LISTEN
  
• Pete Seeger - John Brown's Body - LISTEN

THEME:  Ancient Egypt

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Bert and Ernie in a Pyramid (4:55)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Let's Go Luna - Magic Globe Teaches Egyptian Arabic (1:54) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Clock Like an Egyptian (11:30)  - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Egypt's Treasure Guardians (55:45) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS Learning Media - Nova - How the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Were Built (3:12) - VIEW, READ DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - How The Pyramids Were Built (5:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - Who Built the Pyramids (4:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Decoding the Great Pyramid (53:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Secrets of the Dead - Sacred Crocodile Mummies Reveal the Climate of Ancient Egypt (3:00) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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