Scooters, Lorriane Hansberry, and Malcom X - May 19
Learning Potpourri
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Today is National Scooter Day, Boys Club Day, and Malcolm X Day.
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Scooters, Loraine Hansberry, and Malcolm X
ON THIS DATE
- 1536 - Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, is beheaded.
- 1780 - New England's Dark Day is experienced over New England and parts of Canada. It was caused by smoke from forest fires, fog, and low cloud cover.
- 1848 - Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican American War and ceding California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of some other states to the US for $15 million.
- 1921 - Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing quotas on immigration.
- 1962 - Marilyn Monroe sings an infamous rendition of "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden.
- 2018 - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are married at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
- 1890 - Revolutionary and first president of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh
- 1903 - Scientist Ruth Ella Moore
- 1925 - Civil rights activist Malcolm X
- 1930 - Playwright Lorraine Hansberry
- 1934 - Journalist and news anchor Jim Lehrer
- 1939 - Actor Nancy Kwan
- 1939 - Astronaut Dick Scobee
- 1941 - Director and screenwriter Nora Ephron
- 1945 - Singer-songwriter Pete Townshend
- 1951 - Singer-songwriter Joey Ramone
- 1966 - Author and NH resident Jodi Picoult
- 1976 - Basketball player Kevin Garnett
- 1983 - Comedian Michael Che
- 2003 - Singer and dancer Jojo Siwa
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo Learns to Ride a Scooter (2:20) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo Helps Zoe Ride a Scooter (2:01) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - Peter's Scooter Song (1:35) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - A Job for Scooter Boy (2:50) - VIEW
- Grades 2-4 - NHPBS Video - Learning in Room 9 - How Things Move - Friction - 3rd Grade Science (27:58) -VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - Design Squad - Physical Therapy Scooter (5:46) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - PBS NewsHour - Why the Rise of the Electric Scooter Has Been a Bumpy Ride (9:28) - VIEW
THEME: Lorraine Hansberry
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Basic Black - Legendary Playwright Lorraine Hansberry (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Students Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry (25:05) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Author Lorraine Hansberry’s 'Radiant and Radical Life' (9:51) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - Unlocking the Underlying Symbolism and Themes of a Dramatic Work - DO
THEME: Malcolm X
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - PBS NewsHour - Who Killed Malcolm X (5:54) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Malcolm X (13:07) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Why Malcolm X's Murder Was Reevaluated (9:12) -VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Washington Week - The Exoneration of 2 Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X (18:17) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Amanpour and Company - The Untold Story of Malcolm X (17:30) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Dinner and a Book - The Autobiography of Malcolm X (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Rhode Island Weekly - Malcolm X Interview (8:08) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - One-on-One - The History of Malcolm X & the Black Lives Matter Movement (12:22) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - WNET Group Archives - The Negro and the American Promise (59:07) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - "The Lost Tapes of Malcolm X" (10:43)- VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Explore the Friendship Between Maya Angelou and Malcolm X (12:22) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Ilyasah Shabazz on the Legacy of Her Father, Malcolm X (9:13) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Jackie Robinson - Jackie Robinson and Malcolm X (3:25) - VIEW
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