Spiders, Spider-Man, and Francis Scott Key - August 1

Monday, August 1, 2022

• Today is Homemade Pie Day, Spider-Man Day, US Air Force Day, World Lung Cancer Day, World Wide Web Day, National Minority Donor Awareness Day, and Woman Astronomer Day.
  
  
• August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month
  
  
• Health and Wellness Resource of the Day:  Arthur: Family Health - Asthma Collection
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Kids in the Kitchen - Creature Sandwich

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: SPIDERS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1774 - British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen.
• 1790 - The first U.S. census shows that the U.S. has a population of 4 million, but slaves were only counted as three-fifths of a person.
• 1936 - Adolph Hitler oversees the opening ceremony of the Berlin Olympics.
• 1952 - The U.S. and Canada form NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command, and tracking Santa on Christmas Eve becomes much easier.
• 1985 - Frank Herbert's novel, Dune is published.
• 1981 - MTV premieres the Bangles' song," Video Killed the Radio Star."

BIRTHDAYS

• 1779 - Author Francis Scott Key 
• 1819 - Author Herman Melville
• 1942 - Musician Jerry Garcia
• 1963 - Rapper Coolio

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Who - Boris the Spider - LISTEN
  
• Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey - LISTEN
• Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes - LISTEN
• Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise - LISTEN

THEME: SPIDERS AND SPIDER-MAN

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Itsy Bitsy Spider with Jordin Sparks (1:20) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Spidermonster, The Musical (1:20)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Jim Parsons: Arachnid (1:29) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets: Spiders at Work (1:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-4 - PBS Kids - Wild Kratts - Secrets of the Spider's Web (26:36) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Make a Web (2:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orbit the Spider  (1:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Tarantula Time  (1:53) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Designer Spider Silk (1:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Garden Spiders (2:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites, Ticks - READ
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Great Job! - Spider Biologist (6:32) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Lens of Time: Spider Seduction (7:29) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NC Science NOW - Spider Silk (5:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LerningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why I'm Scared of Spiders (3:06)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Deeper Look - For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served (3:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Turret Spiders Launch Sneak Attacks From Tiny Towers (4:01) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - 20 MILLION-Year-Old Spider!! Unweaving Spider Silk (7:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Peacock Spiders Mating Rituals (3:28) - VIEW

THEME:  SPIDER-MAN

• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Comic Culture - Danny Fingerroth (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - On Story - A Conversation with David Koepp (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - One Detroit - Marvel Author Saladin Ahmed Discusses New Spider-Man Comic (9:04) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Stan Lee Helped Revolutionize Comic Books (4:14) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Remembering Stan Lee (7:17) - VIEW

THEME: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

• Grades K-5 - EDSITEment - Oh, Say Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means Lesson Plan -DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The War of 1812 - Please Stand for the National Anthem (9:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - History Detectives - Star-Spangled Banner Manuscript (14:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - National Park Service - “The Rockets’ Red Glare”: Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment of Fort McHenry (Teaching with Historic Places) - DO
• Grades 6-12 - CSPAN - Choice Board - The Star-Spangled Banner Lesson Plan - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Anthem (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Francis Scott Key and the Song that Built America (56:53) - VIEW

Watch 

FAKE: SEARCHING FOR TRUTH IN THE AGE OF MISINFORMATION
Monday, 8/1 from 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD
Learn to identify fake news and evaluate the biases of legitimate news sources. The program draws on common sense, expert opinions, and the universal standards of journalism to teach the media literacy skills needed to dissect breaking news, evaluate partisan content, and utilize critical thinking before adopting radical stances. FAKE Streaming Video

EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS - Extreme Wonders
Monday, 8/1 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Visit extreme locales, including Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall and its dangers to sherpas, the Grand Canyon, where conservationists try to ensure a condor chick's survival, and the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, where farmers battle with elephants. EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS Streaming Video

EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS - Wonders of Water
Monday, 8/1 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
See wonders created by the grand and unpredictable power of water, including Victoria Falls, where men risk death to reach fishing pools; the Camargue, where man vs. bull; and ocean reefs, where a guardian seeks a manta ray to help save the species. EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS Streaming Video

EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS - Living Wonders
Monday, 8/1 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Witness wonders created by the force that makes our planet unique-life itself. In the Amazon, boys face fierce animals in a rite of passage, and a Bangladeshi father and son brave killer bees and man-eating tigers to find honey. EARTH'S NATURAL WONDERS Streaming Video

CHANGING PLANET - Episode One
Monday, 8/1 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Join conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan for the beginning of a 7-year project, a global environmental health check of six of Earth’s bellwether biomes. From the Arctic to the Amazon, these vulnerable habitats are changing, revealing surprising animal behaviors as species adapt. CHANGING PLANET Streaming Video

CHANGING PLANET - Episode Two
Monday, 8/1 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD

P.O.V. - He's My Brother
Monday, 8/1 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
 Christine works to assure dignified lives for herself and her brother Peter, born with multiple disabilities, while she faces uncertainties about becoming his primary caregiver. P.O.V Streaming Video

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Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339