Chocolate - October 28

Monday, October 28, 2024

Today is Animation 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

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

Pressroom Contact

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