Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach - September 5

Monday, September 5, 2022

• Today is Labor Day,  Be Late For Something Day, Day of Charity, and National Cheese Pizza Day.
  
  
• September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
  
  
• Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: Folk Music of Hispanic New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Peter and the Wolf

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Treaty of Portsmouth and Amy Beach
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ON THIS DATE

• 1698 - Russian Csar Peter the Great levies a tax on beards.
• 1774 - The first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• 1836 - Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
• 1882 - The first U.S. Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
• 1906 - The first legal forward pass in football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University.
• 1908 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War, is signed in New Hampshire.
• 1972 - The Palestinian terrorist group "Black September" attack and hold 11 Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the summer games in Munich. Leading to the deaths of the athletes and coaches, 5 terrorists, and 1 police officer. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1847 - Outlaw Jesse James
• 1867 - NH Composer Amy Beach
• 1912 - Musician John Cage
• 1929 - Actor and comedian Bob Newhart
• 1946 - Singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony - LISTEN
• John Cage - Water Walk - LISTEN
• Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk  - LISTEN
• Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - LISTEN
  

THEME: TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH

• Grades 4-12 - America's Story: Library of Congress - Peace Treaties of Portsmouth - READ
• Grade 4-12 - Library of Congress -Scenes and incidents, Russo-Japanese peace conference, Portsmouth, N.H. (14:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia  - The Roosevelts - Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize (3:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - Portsmouth Peace Treaty Site - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - BYU World War I Archive - Copy of the Treaty of Portsmouth - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Theodore Roosevelt Center -  Treaty of Portsmouth - READ

THEME:  AMY BEACH

• Grades 3-6 - Classics for Kids - Amy Beach - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 5-8 - Nashville Symphony - Composers of Hope Lesson Plans - Amy Beach Lesson 3 - DO
• Grades 6-12 - Library of Congress - Amy Beach - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Classic fm - Amy Beach - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - Amy Beach WebSite - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - Great Performances - 5 of Our Favorite Female Composers - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS Presents - Composer Amy Beach (57:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Now Hear This - Amy Beach American Romantic (53:53) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Now Hear This - Amy Beach American Romantic: Hermit Thrush at Dawn and Beach Romance (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Boston's Gaelic Music Jam Session (3:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - UNH - Amy Beach - READ
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Made Here: Amy Beach (58:39) -VIEW

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FILMS BYKIDS - Home is Where You Find It (Mozambique)
Monday, 9/5 from 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD
16-year-old Alcides Soares, like hundreds of thousands of kids in Mozambique, lost his parents to AIDS. Alcides is living apart from his sister and searching for a little brother he hasn't seen in 10 years. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - My Country is Tibet (Tibet)
Monday, 9/5 from 2:30-3 pm NH WORLD
India is home to tens of thousands of Tibetan refugees. But only one 17-year-old, Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari, was crowned King of Tibet by the Dalai Lama. The only living descendent of Songtsen Gampo, the first Dharma King of Tibet (617-698 AD), this young exiled king doesn't live in a palace; he lives in a settlement and does chores. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - Fire in Our Hearts (India)
Monday, 9/5 from 3-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Like most girls from rural India, 16-year-old Jayshree Janu Kharpade never expected to get an education. Instead, she had to work to help support her family. But union organizers were determined that girls from poor tribal villages have a better future and built a school. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - Displaced But Not Defeated (Colombia)
Monday, 9/5 from 3:30-4 pm NH WORLD
For decades, civil war has raged in Colombia. Violence has displaced millions of people, like 16-year-old Maria Ceballos, who fled her home when guerrillas killed her father. Moving from gang-infested settlements to overcrowded rooms, Maria's family finds comfort among fellow displaced families and moments of joy in creative endeavors.  FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - I Could Tell You 'Bout My Life ()
Monday, 9/5 from 4-4:30 pm NH WORLD
A 19-year-old boy from Harlem, N.Y. turns his life around after serving time at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - My Beautiful Nicaragua
Monday, 9/5 from 4:30-5 pm NH WORLD
A 12-year-old girl documents the impact of climate change and shifting weather patterns on her family's coffee production in rural Nicaragua. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

P.O.V. - Love & Stuff
Monday, 9/5 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Experience Judith's multigenerational love story. As a daughter caring for her terminally ill mother and an "old-new mom" adopting a baby in her 50s, this film ultimately asks: "what do we really want to leave our children?" P.O.V Streaming Video

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