Hippos, Sea Turtles, and the New Deal - June 16

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Today is Fresh Veggies Day, Recess at Work Day, World Sea Turtle Day, and National Fudge 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
Today's Theme:  Hippos and the New Deal

ON THIS DATE

• 1858 - Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
• 1933 - FDR initiates the New Deal recovery program. 
• 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" premieres.
• 1967 - The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival, featuring Jimi Hendrix, the Who, and Janis Joplin, opens in northern California
• 1963 - Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1713 - First governor of New Hampshire, Meshech Weare
• 1723 - Scottish economist Adam Smith
• 1738 - Publisher and printer Mary Katherine Goddard
• 1829 - Apache leader Geronimo
• 1890 - English actor and comedian Stan Laurel
• 1902 - Geneticist Barbara McClintock
• 1917 - Newspaper publisher Katharine Graham
• 1938 - Author Joyce Carol Oates
• 1955 - Actor Laurie Metcalf
• 1970 - Golfer Phil Mickelson
• 1971 - Rapper Tupac Shakur

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Gayla Peevey -  I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - LISTEN
• Janis Joplin - Monterey Pop Festival - Ball and Chain - LISTEN
• Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop Festival - LISTEN
• The Who - My Generation - LISTEN

THEME: Hippos

• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - If You Were: Hippopotamus (1:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-adult - San Diego Zoo - Hippo Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-adult - Memphis Zoo - Hippo Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts  - Water Walking With a Hippo (2:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures -  Beware of Hippo (2:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Hippo's Home Turf () -  VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wild Metropolis - Hippos Travel Into Town for an Easy Meal (1;31) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Battle Lions and Hyenas Over Carcass (2:59) - VIEW
  
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants -  Hippos Fight Over Territory (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Fight Off Hungry Birds (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Inside NATURE – Hippos: Africa's River Giants (7:27) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants (553:14) - VIEW

THEME: New Deal

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Dust Bowl - Analyzing New Deal Policies: Relief (6:43) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - New Deal: FDR's First 100 Days (10:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - The Second New Deal: Programs for the People (2:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Library of Congress - New Deal Classroom Primary Source Materials - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience:  FDR - New Deal Programs (5;38) - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339