Blueberries and E.B. White - July 11
Picking Some Great Learning
Monday, July 11, 2022
Today is Cheer Up the Lonely Day, Bowdler's Day, Make Your Own Sundae Day, World Population Day, and National Blueberry Muffin Day
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder: Colorado - Great Sand Dunes
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Blueberries and E.B. White
ON THIS DATE
- 1533 - England's King Henry VIII is excommunicated.
- 1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps is created.
- 1804 - Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
- 1914 - Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut at Fenway Park as a pitcher for the Red Sox.
- 1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published,
- 1995 - The U.S. normalizes relations with Vietnam.
- 1274 - Scottish King Robert I, the Bruce
- 1767- President John Quincy Adams
- 1899 - Author E. B. White
- 1920 - Actor Yul Brynner
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - LISTEN- Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton At the White House Poetry Jam 2009 - LISTEN
BLUEBERRIES
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Leon Redbone sings "Blueberry Mouth" (2:21) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Make Blueberry Milk (Available in Spanish) (2:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LarningMedia - Elizabeth White: The Woman Who Invented the Blueberry (1:27) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Super Fruit Scenario (6:00) - VIEW and DO
THEME: E.B. WHITE
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Blueberry's Clubhouse Series - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - The Friday Zone - The Creeps (28:46) - VIEW
- Grades 2-6- NHPBS Video - Rainbow Readers - Charlotte's Web Book Review (0:39) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - ReadWriteThink - E.B. White - READ and DO
- Grades 4-7 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Great American Read - The Message of Charlotte's Web (1:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great KTCA Readathon - Charlotte's Web (6:36) - VIEW
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