Let's Play Learning
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Today is Leave The Office Early Day, National Rotisserie Chicken Day, and National Rocky Road Day.
June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Video Games
ON THIS DATE
- 455 - Vandals enter Rome and sack the city.
1692 - Bridget Bishop is the first person tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She is found guilty and later hanged. - 1919 - Anarchists set off bombs in eight U.S. cities, including Boston and Newton Massachusetts.
- 1924 - President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States.
- 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1981 - The video game Donkey Kong makes its U.S. debut.
- 1997 - Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Nimrod (from "Enigma Variations") by Edward Elgar - LISTEN
- Rolling Stones - Get oof of My Cloud - LISTEN
- Dana Carvey - Choppin' Brocolli - LISTEN
- Marvin Hamlisch - Nobody Does It Better - LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Shed Aquarium - Build a Fish - DO
THEME: Video Games
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street Games - DO
- Grades PreK-5 - PBS Kid Games - DO
- Grades PreK-3 - ODD Squad - ODD Squad Games (1:40) - VIEW
- Grades 2-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - MIT's Science Out Loud - How to Mke a Video Game (4:29) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Careers in Video Game Development (4:43) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Above the Noise - Is Video Game Addiction Real? (6:09) - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Above the Noise - Are Video Games Really Making Us More Violent? (7:15) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - How Computers Learned to Beat Atari Video Games (3:08) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - The Case for Video Games (12:45) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Is Your Brain Too Old for Video Games? (6:25) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course: Artificial Intelligence Make an AI That Destroys Video Games (13:05) - VIEW
THEME: Marvin Hamlisch
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch: Genius At Work (7:20) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch the Performer (1:20) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch and the Yankees (1:43) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch a Mensch (10:04) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - The Sweet Smell of Success (1:47) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch's Parents (1:34) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch Concert Pianist vs. Pop Composer (2:09) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Marvin Hamlisch Leaving Hollywood for Broadway (1:15) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Pianist Kevin cole Performas a Marvin Meledy (6:48) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - WEDU Arts Plus - 310: Marvin Hamlisch (7:37) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Artworks - Legends of Broadway (26:47) - VIEW
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