Desegregation - June 11

Learning About Our History

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Today is National German Chocolate Cake Day and Corn on the Cob 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: Desegregation

ON THIS DATE

1184 BC - Troy is sacked and burned during the Trojan War.
1776 - The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
1837 - The Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston.
1919 - Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes and becomes the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
1963 - Alabama governor. George Wallace, confronts federal troops in an effort to block a court-ordered directive to allow black students to attend the University of Alabama.
1970 - Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington become the first female U.S. Army Generals.
2009 - The World Health Organization declares the swine flu a pandemic.

BIRTHDAYS

1572 - English poet and playwright Ben Jonson
1776 - English painter John Constable
1815 - British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
1864 - German composer Richard Strauss
1880 - Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of Congress.
1910 - French biologist and inventor Jacques Cousteau
1913 - Football coach Vince Lombardi
1933 - Actor Gene Wilder
1969 - Actor Peter Dinklage
1986 - Actor Shia LaBeouf

SONGS OF THE DAY

The Egg from 1776 - LISTEN
Berliner Philharmonika - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Opening by Richard Struass - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Blank on Blank - Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac - VIEW

THEME: DESEGREGATION

Grades K-8 - Scholastic - Ruby Bridges: A Simple Act of Courage Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources - DO
Grades K-8 - Brainpop - Educator Resources for Ruby Bridges - DO
Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Alexander Clark and the First Successful Desegregation Case in the United States (2;37) - VIEW and DO
Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's Schools (8:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 5-9 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Exploring Perspectives Desegregation Using "Brown Girl Dreaming" - Lesson Plan - DO
Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Civil Rights Movement - Educational Equality (6:47) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Freedom Riders: Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation (4:03) - VIEW, READ, and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Boston TV News - Boston Desegregation Controversy, 1974 (5:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - BostonTV News - Boston Desegregation Four Years Later, 1978 (5:30) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Urban-Suburban School Desegregation Program Seen as Model (11:14) - VIEW and READ
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Marching Forward Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Desegregation of Huntsville (9:24) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Black in America - 1974 Boston and School Desegregation (2:21) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The African Americans - Ruby Bridges Desegregates a School (3:00) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - History Detectives - Desegregating the Lunch Counter (6:07) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Activist Ruby Bridges on Racism in America Today (11:50) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Civil Rights Pioneer Ruby Bridges on Race in America (7:54) - VIEW
Grades 9-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Boston Desegregation (3:33) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 9-12- NHPBS Learning Media - Austin Revealed: Chicano Civil Rights - Desegregation (5:01) - VIEW and DO
Grades 9-12- NHPBS Video - Dynamics of Desegregation 1962-63 Series - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eyes on the Prize - Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961) - VIEW (56:14)

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