Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi - October 2

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Sunday, October 2, 2022

Today is International African Diaspora Day, National Fried Scallops Day, National Pickle Day, Peanuts (Cartoon) Day, and World Farm Animals Day.

October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National Dessert Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, World Animal Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.

Animal Cam of the Day: Unity Sanctuary Farm Live Cams

Dessert of the Day: Fruit Jam Tartlet Cookies

LGBT History Resource of the Day: Origin of Everything - History of the Word "Gay"

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi
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ON THIS DATE

1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1950 - The first Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published.
1959 -The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS
1990 - The Senate votes 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee and NH resident David H. Souter.

BIRTHDAYS

1452 - English king Richard III
1718 - English author and critic Elizabeth Montagu
1800 - Slave revolt leader Nat Turner
1869 - Mohandas Gandhi
1879 - Poet Wallace Stevens
1890 - Comedian Groucho Marx
1897 - Comedian Bud Abbott
1929 - Actor Moses Gunn
1945- Singer-songwriter Don McLean
1949 - Photographer Annie Leibovitz

SONG OF THE DAY

Don McLean - Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - LISTEN

THEME: FARM ANIMALS

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Farm Animal Song (1:34) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:48) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Old Macdonald Had a Farm (1:32) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit News: Old Macdonald's Dog (4:13) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Big Bird Visits A Farm (3:49) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - On The Farm Games - DO
Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Farm Animals (7:30) - VIEW and DO

THEME: MOHANDAS GANDHI

Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Finding Your Roots - Kal Penn: Gandhi's Salt March (4:02) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Freedom Riders: The Inspiration (3:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - EDSITEment - Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and the Power of Nonviolence Lesson Plan - DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Is Gandhi Relevant Today? (47:54) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The City Club Forum - Grandfather's Lessons in Nonviolence and How to Make Peace (59:06) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Religion and Ethics Weekly - MLK in Gandhi's Footsteps (7:26) - VIEW

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ON STORY - Fact V. Fiction
Sunday, 10/2 from 6-6:30 am NH WORLD
Jihan Crowther (The Underground Railroad) and Zach Baylin (King Richard) discuss tackling real life events and how they translate on screen. ON STORY Streaming Video and Podcast

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