Tolerance - November 16

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Today is International Day for Tolerance, Button Day, Fast-Food Day, Use Less Stuff Day, and World Philosophy Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource - Our NH - People of the Dawn
Drum Month Resource of the Day - The Amazing Human Body - Recker Eans, Drummer

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Tolerance
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ON THIS DATE

• 1907 - Oklahoma is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
• 1914 - The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
• 1933 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
• 1959 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music opens on Broadway.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1836 - Kalakaua, the last King of Hawaii
• 1873 - Trumpet player, composer, and Father of the Blues W. C. Handy
• 1889 - Playwright and director George S. Kaufman
• 1895 - German composer Paul Hindemith
• 1899 - Radio host Mary Margaret McBride
• 1915 - Children's author Jean Fritz
• 1930 - Nigerian author Chinua Achebe
• 1993 - Comedian and actor Pete Davidson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Peter, Paul & Mary - Because All Men Are Brothers - LISTEN
• Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - LISTEN
• W.C. Handy - St. Louis Blues - LISTEN
  

THEME:  Tolerance

• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Meet the Helpers - We Are All Different (0:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-12 - Learning For Justice  - VIEW, READ, DO, LISTEN
• Grades PreK-1 -  Sesame Street - Mila Kunis: Include (1:42) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-5 - Buddy Up with Arthur Project - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Promoting Understanding: Islam Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign (6:20) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness (28:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia - FILMS BYKIDS - Fighting Prejudice and Bullying (7:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - POV - Beyond Hatred: The Role of Tolerance in a Democratic Society (8:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NHPBS Video - The Open Mind - Tolerating Intolerance (28:02) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options

RIVERS OF LIFE - Amazon
Thursday, 11/16 from 3-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
The Amazon, the greatest river system on Earth, amasses one-fifth of Earth's freshwater as it flows east from the Andes to the Atlantic. Boiling streams, crystal clear lagoons, pink river dolphins, and a strange new reef are some of its many secret and extreme worlds. RIVERS OF LIFE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (965) More Options

NATIVE AMERICA - New World Rising
Thursday, 11/16 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Discover how resistance, survival, and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscripts, and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries. NATIVE AMERICA Streaming Video

AMERICA REFRAMED - Blood Memory
Thursday, 11/16 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
For Sandy White Hawk, the story of America's Indian Adoption Era is not one of saving children but of destroying families and tribes. As an adoption survivor, Sandy sets out to reclaim the missing pieces of her stolen past and discovers that hers was not an isolated case. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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