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Sunday, July 10, 2022
Don't Step On A Bee Day, Global Energy Independence Day, International Nikola Tesla Day, Kitten Day, World Miniature Golf Day, and Teddy Bear Picnic Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder: Hawaii - Waimea Canyon
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Teddy Bears, Nikola Tesla, and the Scopes Trial
ON THIS DATE
- 1913 - The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
- 1925 - The "Scopes Monkey Trial" begins in Dayton, Tennessee.
- 1940 -The Battle of Britain begins.
- 1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
- 1891 - Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected president of Russia.
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Elvis Presley - (Let Me be Your) Teddy Bear - LISTEN
- Ronnie James Dio - Dream On - LISTEN
- Mavis Staples - I'll Take You There - LISTEN
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Sinister Minister - LISTEN
THEME: TEDDY BEARS
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Bears, Bears, Bears (3:01) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Do "The Bear" with Baby Bear (2:37) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - A Pandy Bear for Margaret (2:09) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep and the Big Wide World - A House for Teddy Bear (1:29) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-2 - NHPBS learning Media - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Theodore Roosevelt Reader - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Missippi: A Thread Through Time -Teddy Bear (1:00) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow Extra - How Teddy Bear Got His Name (2:56) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - National Park Service - The Story of the Teddy Bear - READ
- Grades 5-12 - National Museum of American History - Teddy Bear - READ
THEME: NIKOLA TESLA
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Tesla: Reimagining the Electric Motor (2:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Tesla: Early Experiments with Wireless Power (4:11) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 9-12 -NH PBS LearningMedia - Tesla for Teachers - DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Nikola Tesla and Wireless Charging (2:27) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Cold Light from Tesla (1:11) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Drive-By History - Nikola Tesla's Lab (26:46) - VIEW
THEME: SCOPES TRIAL
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Digital Public Library (DPLA) - Teaching Guide: Exploring the Scopes Trial - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Digital Public Library (DPLA) - Primary Source Set - Scopes Trial - READ and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - God in America Four: A New Light - (55:58) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Retro Report - Influencing Policy: Evolution and the First Amendment (10:56) -VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Monkey Trial Image Gallery - VIEW
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