Learning Potpourri
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Today is World Lindy Hop Day, National Paper Airplane Day, Sally Ride Day, World Red Head Day, and World Dracula Day.
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Paper Airplanes, Dorothea Lange, Martin Luther, and Sally Ride
ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- The Band - The Weight - LISTEN
- Fleetwood Mac - Landslide - LISTEN
- Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away - LISTEN
- Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues - LISTEN
THEME: Paper Airplanes
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Sesame Street - What a Piece of Paper (1:44) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Make a Straw Paper Airplane - DO
- Grades K-4 - PBS Krafts for Kids - Make a Paper Airplane To Fly Like a Draco - DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Dragonfly TV - Model Airplanes (8:53) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - Paper Airplane Science (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - Learn How to Fold a Record-breaking Paper Airplane (6:47) - VIEW and DO
THEME: Dorothea Lange
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Picturing America - Dorothea Lange (4:12) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange (3:23) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - American Life in the Great Depression - Teaching with Primary Sources - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Dorothea Lange- Part One: Under the Trees (28:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Dorothea Lange- Part Two: The Closer to Me (28:24) - VIEW
THEME: Martin Luther
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Martin Luther and the Reformation Media Gallery - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Rick Steves' Europe Luther and the Reformation (55:37) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Luther and the Protestant Reformation (15:06) - VIEW
THEME: Sally Ride
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Blank on Blank - Sally Ride on Dumb Questions (6:09) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - 1984 Interview with Sally Ride (15:46) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Honoring Sally Ride's Legacy as Trailblazer, Role Model (6:53) - VIEW
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