Tigers and Ken Burns - July 29
Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright Learning
Friday, July 29, 2022
Today is International Tiger Day, Chicken Wing Day, Lumberjack Day, National Lasagna Day, National Lipstick Day, and Rain Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder of the Day: Yellowstone National Park
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: TIGERS AND KEN BURNS
ON THIS DATE
- 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
- 1958 - President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates NASA.
- 1981 - Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are married.
- 1885 - Stage and silent film actor Theda Bara
- 1905 - Actor Clara Bow
- 1930 - Dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor
- 1936 - Politician Elizabeth Dole
- 1938 - Journalist Peter Jennings
- 1953 - Documentary film director and producer Ken Burns
- Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Tiger Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Different Tigers (1:32) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster Tiger Song (1:17) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Benjamin Bratt and Elmo translate for a Tiger (2:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS Kids - Daniel Tigers Neighborhood - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Musical Menagerie - Amur Tigers (7:08) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Three Sumatran Tiger Cubs (2:34) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Felidae - Cats, Cheetahs, Lions, Tigers, and Leopards - READ
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Tigers and Otters (9:53) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Tigers: Clawing Back: A NATURE Short Film (12:34) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Truth About Tiger Populations (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Eons - The Story of Saberteeth (5:26) - VIEW
THEME: KEN BURNS
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom Collection - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ken Burns Collection - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - The Television Academy - Ken Burns Interview (33:43) - VIEW
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