Claude Debussy and Ray Bradbury - August 22

Monday, August 22, 2022

• Today is National Eat a Peach Day, National Tooth Fairy Day, and National Bao 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: Youth Mental Health Collection
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Peach Toasts

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Claude Debussy and Ray Bradbury
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ON THIS DATE

• 1485 - England's War of the Roses ends when King Richard III is killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field.
• 1851 -The yacht America wins the first America's Cup.
• 1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1834 - Astronomer Samuel Pierpont Langley
• 1862 - French composer Claude Debussy
• 1893 - Writer and critic Dorothy Parker
• 1904 - Chinese communist leader Deng Xiaoping
• 1920 - Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury
• 1935 - Novelist  Annie Proulx
• 1939 - Boston Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski
• 1995 - Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune - LISTEN
  
• Styx - Come Sail Away - LISTEN
• Christopher Cross - Sailing - LISTEN
• Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross - LISTEN
• The Carl Yastrzemski Song - LISTEN
• Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches - LISTEN

THEME: CLAUDE DEBUSSY

• Grades 3-6 - Classics for Kids - Claude Debussy - READ
• Grades 6-10 - NHPBS LeaarningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Introduction to Impressionism/Post-Impressionism (11:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS Video - Romantic Debussy at 18 (26:46) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Debussy’s Piano Portraits (59:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS  Video - Sound Tracks - Tom Harrell Performs "Passepied" (Debussy) (2:33) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS  Video - Sound Tracks - Tom Harrell Performs "Beau Soir" (Debussy) (5:34) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS  Video - On Stage At Curtis - 20th Century Composers: Ysaÿe and Debussy (28:49) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Inland Sessions - Archie Chen: Petite Suite, Claude Debussy (3:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Utah Places - Prélude à laprès-midi d'un faune (5:27) - VIEW

THEME:  RAY BRADBURY

• Grades 7-12 - ReadWriteThink - Ray Bradbury - READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Blank on Blank - Ray Bradbury on Madmen (5:12) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12  - NHPBS Video -  PBS NewsHour - Remembering Ray Bradbury and His 'Cautionary Tales' (6:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Remembering Ray Bradbury (4:25) -VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Ray Bradbury Archive (3:52) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - When Science fiction Becomes Science Fact (7:36) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - The Life of Ray Bradbury (56:53) -VIEW

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• FORCES OF NATURE - Color
  Monday, 8/22 from 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD
  Earth is painted in stunning colors. By understanding how these colors are created and the energy they carry, we can learn the secret language of the planet. FORCES OF NATURE Streaming Video
  
  
• OPERATION MANEATER - Great White Shark
  Monday, 8/22 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
  Mark Evans travels to Western Australia, where seven people have been killed by sharks in the last three years. Authorities have implemented radical measures to catch and kill any shark they deem a threat. Evans wants to find non-lethal solutions to keep people - and sharks - safe. OPERATION MANEATER Streaming Video
  
  
• OPERATION MANEATER - Polar Bear
  Monday, 8/22 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
  Mark Evans travels to the shores of Canada's Hudson Bay where polar bears are causing havoc in isolated communities. He arrives in the town of Churchill hours after an attack has left two people with serious injuries and a bear dead. Mark joins the Polar Bear Alert team as they transport a captured bear by helicopter to a release site outside town. And in the Inuit town of Arviat, Mark works with wildlife officers to test an aerial drone early warning system. OPERATION MANEATER Streaming Video
  
  
• OPERATION MANEATER - Crocodile
  Monday, 8/22 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
  Mark Evans travels to Namibia's Chobe River, a place that's known as the croc attack capital of the world. Crocodiles here are growing in size and number, and so is the frequency of attacks. Each time it happens, the locals kill crocs in retaliation. To find a way to keep both people and crocodiles safe, Mark joins leading croc experts Rom Whitaker and Dr Patrick Aust to carry out a radical new experiment.OPERATION MANEATER Streaming Video
  
  
• PLANTS BEHAVING BADLY - Murder & Mayhem
  Monday, 8/22 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
  Examine the extraordinary behavior of carnivorous plants, which have been a feature of many a sci-fi film over the years. The reality turns out to be far stranger than the fiction. See why. PLANTS BEHAVING BADLY Streaming Video
• PLANTS BEHAVING BADLY - Sex & Lies
  Monday, 8/22 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
  Revel in the ethereal beauty of orchids and examine their exotic flowers, which are shaped for one purpose - to attract pollinators. Many use sex as a lure, impersonating a female bee or wasp. PLANTS BEHAVING BADLY Streaming Video

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