The Pilgrims - September 6

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

• Today is Barbie Doll Day, National Coffee Ice Cream Day, and Read a Book 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: Salsa: Spanish for Children
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Isabella Leonarda - Magnificat

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

• 1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower.
• 1628 - The Puritans settle in Salem.
• 1901 -  President William B. McKinley is shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.
• 1916 -  Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery store was opened in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1972 - The Palestinian terrorist group Black September take nine Israeli athletes hostage at the Munich Olympic Games.
• 1995 - Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a 56-year-old record.
• 1997 - The funeral of Princess Diana takes place in London.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1757 -  Revolutionary War military officer Lafayette
• 1766 - English scientist John Dalton
• 1620 - Italian composer Isabella Leonarda
• 1800 - Educator and activist Catharine Beecher
• 1863 - Illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith
• 1880 - Social worker and reformer Jane Addams
• 1925 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimmy Reed
• 1940 - Artist Elizabeth Murray
• 1962 - Politician Chris Christie
• 1971 - Irish singer-songwriter Dolores O'Riordan
• 1972 - English actor Idris Elba

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Isabella Leonarda - Sonata 10 - LISTEN
• Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To - LISTEN
• The Cranberries - Zombie - LISTEN
• Earth, Wind & Fire - September - LISTEN

THEME: THE PILGRIMS

• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The First Official Thanksgiving Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Pilgrims Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-12 - Plimoth Plantation - Who Were the Pilgrims? - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Trying a Thanksgiving Feast Made From Bugs (14:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour-Thanksgiving Through the Lens of Native Americans Today - DO
• Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Pilgrims (1:52:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A History of Thanksgiving - VIEW, READ, DO

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FILMS BYKIDS - Out of Aleppo
Tuesday, 9/6 from 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD
Teen refugee Mohammad Shasho and his family fled war-torn Syria for Berlin, Germany. Now, they are struggling to make a new life, learning to navigate a different culture and communicate in a foreign language. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - Walk On My Own
Tuesday, 9/6 from 2:30-3 pm NH WORLD
Had Senegalese teen Ndèye Fatou Fall been born several years earlier, she and her friends would have been subjected to child marriage and other rituals harmful to girls. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - Against the Current
Tuesday, 9/6 from 3-3:30 pm NH WORLD
17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, who lives on the Umonhon Reservation in Nebraska, interviews Native American youth and elders against the backdrop of a ceremonial powwow. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - L'Chaim
Tuesday, 9/6 from 3:30-4 pm NH WORLD
19-year-old Semon Shabaev is?part of a vibrant Jewish community in Germany.?Despite?his country’s?dark history?of genocide and a rise in?antisemitism,?he embraces?his?German-Jewish?identity. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - Faith's World
Tuesday, 9/6 from 4-4:30 pm NH WORLD
16-year-old Faith Guilbault from Baltimore, Maryland, who is visually impaired and has cerebral palsy, is resilient, adventurous, and determined to realize her dreams. FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FILMS BYKIDS - Buddism, Bhutan and Me
Tuesday, 9/6 from 4:30-5 pm NH WORLD
18-year-old Rinzin Jurmey from Bhutan became a monk when he was 11 years old. He travels between his monastery, village, and the city, meeting with hip-hop dancers, video gamers, and sports fans to understand the intersection of tradition and pop culture. . FILMS BYKIDS Streaming Video

FRONTLINE - Lies, Politics and Democracy
Tuesday, 9/6 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
The political leaders and choices they made that have undermined and threatened American democracy. How officials fed lies about the 2020 election and embraced rhetoric that led to political violence. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

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