Guitars - June 9
Learning You Can Strum, Pluck and Shred
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Today is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day and Donald Duck 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: Guitars
ON THIS DATE
- 1953 - The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
- 1954 - During the Army-McCarthy hearings, special counsel for the United States Army, Joseph Welch, asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
- 1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
- 1692 - Russian emperor Peter the Great
- 1768 - Father of the American Industrial Revolution Samuel Slater
- 1891 - Composer and song-writer Cole Porter
- 1915 - Guitarist and inventor Les Paul
- 1939 - Sportscaster Dick Vitale
- 1961 - Actor Michael J. Fox
- 1961 - Screenwriter and producer Aaron Sorkin
- 1973 - Football player Tedy Bruschi
- 1981 - Actor Natalie Portman
- The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - LISTEN
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performance - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - LISTEN Foreigner - Juke Box Hero - LISTEN Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs - LISTEN Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat Top Box - LISTEN - Cole Porter - You're the Top -
LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
NOAA - Common Guitarfish - READ
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Guitar Drawing (1:01) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dax Shepard and Abby - Amplify (2:11) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - A Visit to a Guitar Factory (1:37) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Create a Cardboard Guitar - DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Pitch: Making Guitars (3:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Flamenco Guitar (5:39) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Traditional Guitar Styles (7:32) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Les Paul: The Search for a New Sound (4:37) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Jim Cara: Guitar Builder to the Stars (4:29) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - The Electric Guitar in American Culture (7:24) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Les Paul: Guitar Wizard (37:56) - VIEW
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