Museums, Volcanoes, and and Plessy v. Ferguson - May 18

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Today is International Museum Day, Mother Whistler Day, and National Cheese Souffle Day.

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Museums, Volcanoes, and Plessy vs. Ferguson

ON THIS DATE

• 1756 - Great Britain declares war on France and starts the Seven Year War.
• 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French.
• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William Seward.
• 1863 - The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• 1896 - The  Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 1912 - The first Indian feature film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released.
• 1917 - The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed.
• 1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• 1927 - Forty-five people, including children, are killed in the Bath School Disaster, by bombs planted by a school-board member in Bath Township, Michigan.
• 1933 - FDR  signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• 1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
• 1980 - Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1048 - Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer Omar Khayyám
• 1822 - Photographer Mathew Brady
• 1872 - British mathematician, philosopher, and historian Bertrand Russell
• 1897 - Director and producer Frank Capra
• 1905 - Pilot Ruth Alexander
• 1911 - Blues and R&B singer Big Joe Turner
• 1930 - U.S. Senator from NH  Warren Rudman
• 1952 - Country singer George Strait
• 1952 - Pilot Jeana Yeager
• 1970 - Actor, producer, and writer Tina Fey
• 1979 - Swedish video game designer (Minecraft) Jens Bergensten

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Don McLean - Vincent - LISTEN
• David Bowie - Andy Warhol - LISTEN
• Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle, & Roll - LISTEN

THEME:  Museums

• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A Trip to the Art Museum -  Everyday Learning (2:38) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Art Museum (8:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Museum Field Trip (7:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 1-2 - PBS KIDS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Website - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Inside the Met Series - VIEW   
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Art Assignment - Remake The Met  (9:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origins of Everything - The Problem with Museums (12:14) - View
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (9:26)  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Museums Creating Community (26:40)  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sister Wendy's American Collection -  The Museums - READ

THEME: Volcanoes 

• Grades PreK-3 - Splash and Bubble - Underwater Volcanoes (1:58) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Splash and Bubble - The Volcano is Erupting! (2:15) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Volcanoes! - VIEW and DO
  Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - What Makes a Volcano Different - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Meet the Volcanoes (2:57) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - USGS - Volcano Monitoring - MONITOR
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - How Volcanoes Froze the Earth...Twice (10:29) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Living Volcanoes (52:59) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Killer Volcano (54:00) - VIEW

THEME: Plessy v. Ferguson

• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson (14:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Oyez - Plessy v. Ferguson - READ
• Grades 6-12 - National Archives - Plessy v. Ferguson - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Plessy v. Ferguson and Resource Materials - READ
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Plessy v. Ferguson - A More or Less Perfect Union (4:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Plessy v. Ferguson (3:36) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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