Abigail Adams - November 22

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Today is National Jukebox Day and Start Your Own Country Day.

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On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Abigail Adams
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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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NOVA - Lee and Liza's Family Tree
Wednesday, 11/22 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
With the help of scientists and genealogists, filmmaker Byron Hurt and his family members search for their ancestors. Follow their journey as they hunt for new details of a history long obscured by the enduring legacy of slavery. NOVA Streaming Video

SECRETS OF THE DEAD - The Princes in the Tower
Wednesday, 11/22 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Amateur archaeologist Philippa Langley, who discovered Richard III's remains, searches for what really happened to his two nephews who, legend has it, he had murdered. SECRETS OF THE DEAD Streaming Video

JFK - THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT
Wednesday, 11/22 from 11 pm - 12 am NHPBS
The life of John F. Kennedy is so often defined by his death. His assassination in November 1963 came to be seen as a turning point for America, a shift from an age of innocence and hope to one of violence and change. JFK himself was transformed from man into legend. But that reading of history can disguise the fascinating and contradictory man behind the myth. JFK - THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH Streaming Video

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FIRST PEOPLES - Europe
Wednesday, 11/22 from 11 am-12 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
When Homo sapiens turned up in prehistoric Europe, they ran into the Neanderthals. The two types of humans were similar enough to interbreed - and they were just as capable of making artifacts. But as more Homo sapiens moved into Europe, there was an explosion of art and symbolic thought. The balance of power had shifted and Neanderthals were overwhelmed. FIRST PEOPLES Streaming Video

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