Tessellations, M.C. Escher, and Stravinsky - June 17
Patterns of Learning
Friday, June 17, 2022
Today is National Apple Strudel Day, World Tapas Day, and World Tessellation Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Tessellations, M.C Escher, Stravinsky
ON THIS DATE
- 1775 - The British defeat the Americans in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
- 1930 - President Herbert Hoover signs the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
- 1932 - Around 1,000 World War I veterans, known as the Bonus Army, gather at the U.S. Capital as the Senate considers a bill that would give them benefits. The bill was defeated by a vote of 62-18.
- 1944 - Iceland declares independence from Denmark.
- 1963 - The Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
- 1972 - Five burglars are arrested for breaking into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel.
- 1987 - The dusky seaside sparrow, native to southern Florida, becomes extinct.
- 1994 - O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. following a slow-speed chase.
- 2015 - Nine people are killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina in a racially motivated shooting.
- 1818 - French composer Charles Gounod
- 1882 - Russian composer Igor Stravinsky
- 1898 - Dutch artist M. C. Escher
- 1903 - Chocolate chip cookie inventor Ruth Graves Wakefield
- 1943 - Singer Barry Manilow
- 1980 - Tennis player Venus Williams
- 1987 - Rapper Kendrick Lamar
Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird - LISTEN- Barry Manilow - I Write the Songs - LISTEN
- Grades K-6 - Cyberchase - Can't Wait to Tessellate (1:47) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Let's Tesselate 'Em! (2:22) - VIEW
- Grades K-6 - NHPBS Learning Media - Cyberchase - Wallpaper Tessellations (3:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Visual Arts Toolkit - What is a Tessellation? (6:52) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Visual Arts Toolkit - Tessellating Stamps (12:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-12 - Math is Fun - Tessellation - READ and DO
- Grades K-12 - National Council of Teachers of Math (NCTM) - Tessellation Creator - DO
THEME: M.C. Escher
- Grades K-12 - M.C. Escher Collection - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - NJTV Learning Live - M.C. Escher and Impossible Optical Art - Dayna Ensminger (56:20) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Artist M.C. Escher Spent Lifetime Distorting Perspective (5:44) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: 1958 & 1960 M.C. Escher Lithographs (3:23) -VIEW
THEME: Stravinsky
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Gustavo Dudamel Conducts Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” (2:12) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - On Stage at Curtis - The Soldier's Tale (28:50) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Two Steinways Concert: Ballet "Petrouchka" (31:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - Classic FM - Igor Stravinsky - READ and LISTEN
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