Books and Henry David Thoreau - August 9

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

• Today is National Book Lovers Day, International Day of the World's Indigenous People, National Polka Day, National Rice Pudding Day, National Hand Holding day, and Veep 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: Exploring Careers in Health Science
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Croque Monsieur

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Books and Henry David Thoreau
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ON THIS DATE

• 1854 Henry David Thoreau's Walden is published
• 1944 - Smokey Bear makes his debut on posters.
• 1945 - 35,000 people are killed when the atomic bomb Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
• 2014 - 18-year-old African American Michael Brown is shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, leading to protests across the U.S.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1767 - Philanthropist and socialite Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
• 1776 - Italian chemist Amedeo Avogadro
• 1899 - Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Hamilton - The Schuyler Sisters - LISTEN
• Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write the Book - LISTEN
• The Beatles - Paperback Writer - LISTEN
• The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand - LISTEN

THEME: BOOKS

• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - Read a Book Today (1:02) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Booklists - READ
• Grades PreK-6 - Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - SEARCH
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Accordion-Fold Books (4:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Great American Read Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - MN Original - Minnesota Center for Book Arts (6:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - In Search of the Novel - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Lit - Can You Judge a Book By its Cover (7:43) - VIEW
• Grades 9-adult - NHPBS Video - PBS Books Series  - VIEW

THEME: HENRY DAVID THOREAU

• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Henry David Thoreau: Author, Philosopher, and Abolitionist (Available in Spanish)  (3:23) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Henry David Thoreau: Author, Philosopher, and Abolitionist Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Mapping Thoreau Country - DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Thoreau at Walden Pond (26:46) - VIEW
• Grade 7-12 - American Experience - Henry David Thoreau - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature: Walking with Emerson and Thoreau (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Where the Road Ends: Using Henry David Thoreau's Journals to Study Climate Change (5:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - The Thoreau Society - READ
• Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - Examining Transcendentalism through Popular Culture Unit - DO

Watch 

ISLANDS OF WONDER: MADAGASCAR
Tuesday, 8/9 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Journey across ancient Madagascar, the strangest and oldest island on Earth. Over millennia it has given rise to more unique wildlife than any other island. ISLANDS OF WONDER Streaming Video

ISLANDS OF WONDER: BORNEO
Tuesday, 8/9 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
A journey from Borneo's rich coral reefs, through lush jungles, to its mountainous heart, reveals it is no paradise, and the struggles to survive are the secret to a greater variety of life than found on than almost any other island. ISLANDS OF WONDER Streaming Video

ISLANDS OF WONDER: HAWAII
Tuesday, 8/9 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers a sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it's home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife. ISLANDS OF WONDER Streaming Video

NOVA - Extreme Animal Weapons
Tuesday, 8/9 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Explore the secrets that underlie nature's battleground. Every animal has some kind of weapon, whether claws or horns, fangs or stings. But why are some armaments huge and extreme, far beyond any practical need? NOVA Streaming Video

AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON - Minnesota: A Better World:
Tuesday, 8/9 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Baratunde ventures to Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, one of the last places where you can hike or paddle into the remote wilderness. He meets with passionate birders and harvesters of wild rice and hears from them why wilderness means so much. AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON Streaming Video

FRONTLINE - Afghanistan Undercover
Tuesday, 8/9 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
An undercover investigation into the Taliban's crackdown on women in Afghanistan. Correspondent Ramita Navai finds those being punished by the regime and confronts Taliban officials. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

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Director of Communications
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