Rodents - November 18
I Smell a Rat Learning
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Today is Mickey Mouse Day, Princess Day, Apple Cider Day, Vichyssoise Day, and William Tell Day.
Native American Heritage Month Resource - Queen Lili‘uokalani | Unladylike2020
Drum Month Resource of the Day - Let's Learn - The Sound of Drums as a Language
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rodents
- 1928 - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
- 1978 - In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives
- 2003 - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.
- 1787 - French inventor Louis-Jacques Daguerre
- 1836 - English lyricist William Gilbert
- 1861 - Journalist and advice columnist Dorothy Dix
- 1901 - Statistician George Gallup
- 1908 - Actor and comedian Imogene Coca
- 1909 - Composer Johnny Mercer
- 1928 - Astronaut and Derry, NH native Alan B. Shepard
- 1939 - Canadian author Margaret Atwood
- 1975 - Baseball player David Ortiz
- 1985 - Fashion designer Christian Siriano
Pirates of Penzance - I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General - LISTEN- Johnny Mercer - Accentuate the Positive - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Miami Mice with The Count (5:04) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Beavers (Available in Spanish) (4:42) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Greatest Creature Builder (1:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Building a Beaver Pond (1:49) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Beavers Have Lumberjack Teeth (2:32) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - WildTV - Squirrel Rehabilitation (4:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6- NHPBS - NatureWorks - Adaptation - Beavers (14:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-10 - PBS LearningMedia - Prairie Dogs (Available in Spanish) (2:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Rodentia - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Do Rats Feel Empathy? (3:34) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rescuing and Relocating Beavers (6:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts (3:10) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas (4:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) -VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Beavers: The Smartest Things in Fur Pants (4:41) - VIEW
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