Abigail Adams - November 22

Friday, November 22, 2024

Today is Start Your Own Country Day.

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

ON THIS DATE

• 1718 - English pirate Edward Teach - better known as "Blackbeard" - was killed during a battle off of the North Carolina coast.
• 1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas
• 1968 - The Beatles' "White Album" was released.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1744 - First Lady Abigail Adams
• 1819 - British novelist George Eliot
• 1890 - French World War II resistance leader and president Charles de Gaulle
• 1913 - British composer Benjamin Britten

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles - White Album - LISTEN
• Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 - with Peter Pears - LISTEN
  

THEME: ABIGAIL ADAMS

• Grades K-5 - EDSITEment - Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies Lesson - DO
• Grades 1-2 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Abigail Adams Reader - READ and DO
• Grades 3-6 - Liberty's Kids -Liberty's Kids - Bostonians (23:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - White House - Abigail Adams - READ
• Grades 7-12 - Massachusetts Historical Society - Introduction to Abigail Adams Lesson Plan - READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - Massachusetts Historical Society -  Correspondence between John and Abigail Adams - READ
• Grades 9-12 - American Experience - Abigail Adams Biography - READ
• Grades 9-12 - American Experience - Remember the Ladies - READ
• Grades 9-12 - American Experience - Dearest Friend - READ
• Grades 11-12 - National Humanities Center - Abigail Adams and “Remember the Ladies” Lesson - READ and DO

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