Salamanders, Gerrymandering, and Ice Cream - July 17
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Sunday, July 17, 2022
Today is Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day, Lake Superior Day, National Ice Cream Day, and World Emoji Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder: North Carolina - Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Salamanders, Gerrymandering, and Ice Cream
ON THIS DATE
- 1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States.
- 1917 - The British royal family changes its name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor.
- '1945 - Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and Minister Winston Churchill began meeting at Potsdam.
- 1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
- 1981 - 114 people and injuring more than 200 injured when a walkway collapses at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.
- 1744 - Politician and vice president Elbridge Gerry
- 1763 - Businessman and philanthropist - John Jacob Astor
- 1898 - Photographer Berenice Abbott
- 1899 - Actor James Cagney
- 1917 - Comedian Phyllis Diller
- 1921 - Guitarist Mary Osborne
- 1921 - Baseball player Toni Stone
- 1935 - Actor ad singer Diahann Carroll
- 1935 - Canadian actor Donald Sutherland
- 1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- 1950 - Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow
- 1954 - German chancellor and politician Angela Merkel
- Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Up Close and Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders (13:09) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Fire Salamander (2:59) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Small Creatures/Large Lessons (7:13)- VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Caudata - Salamanders, Newts, Mudpuppies - READ
- Grades 6-9 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander (5:26) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Deadpool Salamander That Can Regrow Limbs (7:16) - VIEW
THEME: GERRYMANDERING
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. (10:33)- VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? (5:17) - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering (7:54) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer (25:30) -VIEW
- Grades 10-12 -NH PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head (57:24)- VIEW, READ and DO
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