Water - September 18

Sunday, September 18, 2022

• Today is National Cheeseburger Day, US Air Force Birthday, World Bamboo Day, and World Water Monitoring 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.
  
  
• Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: Latino Americans:  The New Latinos - Episode 4
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: George Frideric Handel - Water Music

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

• 1783 - George Washington lays the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
• 1850 - Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.
• 1851 - The first edition of The New York Times is published.
• 1948 - Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
•  1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at 27.
• 1975 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is captured by the FBI in San Francisco.
• 2014 - Scotland votes against independence from the U.K.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1709 - English writer Samuel Johnson
• 1819 - French physicist Leon Foucault
• 1905 - Choreographer Agnes de Mille
• 1905  - Actor Greta Garbo

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Standells - Dirty Water - LISTEN
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water - LISTEN
• Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger in Paradise - LISTEN

THEME:  WATER

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Water Song (1:27) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Fun in the Sun - Water Water Song (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Wasting Water (1:14) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - Follow the Water (3:13) -  VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - Earth to Blorb - Water (2:42) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - Water Carries Everything (4:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet GO! - What Can We Do With Water? (2:22) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! Water, Water Everywhere (11:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Saving Water (2:23) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Water Treatment Plant (2:22) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Water (5:31) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Water Quality - Watershed (3:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Flint's Deadly Water (54:47) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water (4:13) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Water Works (26:44) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Follow the Water (55:10) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options
NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

ON STORY - A Conversation with Michael Schur
Sunday, 9/18 from 6-6:30 am NH WORLD
Award-winning television creator Michael Schur talks about his role in creating and writing for some of the most loved comedies: Parks and Recreation, The Office, and The Good Place. ON STORY Streaming Video and Podcast

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST - The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
Sunday, 9/18 from 8-10:10 pm NHPBS
Reversing a history of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response. THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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