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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Today is Fried Chicken Day, Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day, and World Kissing Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder: Arizona - Chirachhua
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: John Paul Jones, Marc Chagall, Frida Kahlo, and George W. Bush
ON THIS DATE
- 1777 - British General John Burgoyne seizes Fort Ticonderoga in New York from American forces.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1942 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in Amsterdam.
- 1944 - Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of an Army bus and later faces a court-martial.
- 1944 - 168 people die and 700 are injured in a fire at an afternoon performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, CT.
- 1957 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black athlete to win a Wimbledon championship.
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Styx - Come Sail Away - LISTEN
- Blue Image - Ride Captain Ride - LISTEN
- Looking Glass - Brandy - LISTEN
THEME: JOHN PAUL JONES
- Grades 1-5 - Liberty's Kids - Not Yet Begun to Fight (23:12)- VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth, NH - READ
- Grades 6-12 - U.S. Naval Academy - John Paul Jones - READ
- Grades 6-12 - Naval History and Heritage Command - John Paul Jones - READ
THEME: MARC CHAGALL
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall (14:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - I and the Village (14:08) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Russian Village (14:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Sun on the Village (14:08) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Paris Through the Window (14:24) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Marc Chagall - Fish on a Vintage Poster (14:12) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - Guggenheim Museum - Marc Chagall Collection - VIEW and READ
- Grades 4-12 - Art Institute of Chicago - March Chagall - VIEW and READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - ArtPlus - Marc Chagall (7:13) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - ArtWorks - Marc Chagall (26:48) - VIEW
THEME: FRIDA KAHLO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frida Kahlo Media Gallery - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - Moma - Frida Kahlo - VIEW AND READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Art Cooking: Frida Kahlo (11:29) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Kahlo's Signature Style Honored Her Heritage and Queerness (5:28) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - What This Painting Tells Us About Frida Kahlo (9:26) - VIEW
THEME: GEORGE W. BUSH
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia 60-second Presidents (1:18) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - George W. Bush - READ
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - George W. Bush Part One (1:52:03) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - George W. Bush Part Two (1:53:20) - VIEW
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