Chocolate - October 28

Bringing Learning to Sweet Life

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Today is Animation Day, Champagne Day, National Chocolate Day, Plush Animal Lovers Day, Separation of Church and State Day, and Statue of Liberty Dedication Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Beardsley Zoo /River Otter Cam
Dessert of the Day: Salted Pumpkin Caramels
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Taylor Mac Turns U.S. History Inside Out in 24-hour Show
Scary Resource of the Day: PBS Kids Halloween Games

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1776 - British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army in the Battle of White Plains.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: CHOCOLATE

ON THIS DATE

1636 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which later becomes Harvard University.
1726 - Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels is published.
1793 - Eli Whitney applies for a patent for the cotton gin.
1886 - President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1919 - Congress enacts the Volstead Act, which provides for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
1922 - Benito Mussolini takes control of the government of Italy.
1956 - Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
1962 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
2006 - Boston Celtics basketball coach Red Auerbach dies at age 89.
2007 - Cristina Fernandez is elected as Argentina's first woman president.

BIRTHDAYS

1754 - Revolutionary War soldier John Laurens
1846 - French chef Georges Auguste Escoffier
1897 - Costume designer Edith Head
1914 - Biologist and physician Jonas Salk
1955 - Businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates
1967 - Actor Julia Roberts
1974 - Actor Joaquin Phoenix
1982 - English actor Matt Smith

SONGS OF THE DAY

Bee Gees - Chocolate Symphony - LISTEN
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - The Candy Man - LISTEN

THEME: CHOCOLATE

Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Sesame Street: Professor Cookie Subtracts (3:46) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - KidVision - How Chocolate is Made (8:58) - VIEW
Grade 3 - PBS LearningMedia - Melty Chocolate Science Lesson - READ, VIEW, and DO
Grades 4-8 - Curious Crew - Chocolate Chemistry (26:46) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Reactions - Gum + Chocolate = ??? (1:49) - VIEW and READ
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth and Sky Podcast - Lyndel Meinhardt Is Searching for Heartier Chocolate in the Rainforest (7:59) - LISTEN
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Is White Chocolate Actually White Chocolate? (2:55) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Serving Up Science - 100% Dark Chocolate: Bitter or Best Ever? (7:29) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Native America - Chaco Chocolate (2:29) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow - White Chocolate or White LIE? (1:16) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - PBS NewsHour - Rita Dove - Chocolate (0:37) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Is Chocolate Facing Extinction? (5:10) - VIEW

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