Louisa May Alcott - November 29
Little Women Learning
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Today is Lemon Crème Pie Day, Customer is Wrong Day, Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, Throw Out Your Leftovers Day, and Women Wednesday.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Louisa May Alcott
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ON THIS DATE
- 1963 - Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1963 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is released by the Beatles.
- 1972 - Atari releases the video game, Pong.
- 1803 - Austrian mathematician and physicist Christian Doppler
- 1832 - Author Louisa May Alcott
- 1876 - Politician and educator Nellie Tayloe Ross
- 1898 - British author C. S. Lewis
- 1918 - Author Madeleine L'Engle
- 1954 - Director and screenwriter Joel Coen
- 1976 - Actor Chadwick Boseman
Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Grades 5-12 - Masterpiece - Little Woman - VIEW
- Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: Becoming a Writer (1:36) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: An Iconic Character (2:29) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: Defying Convention (2:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: Transcendentalism (4:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Louisa May Alcott: The Civil War (4:34) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The House of Little Women (1:59) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Real Jo March (1:34) -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Greta Gerwig Discusses Her Adaptation of "Little Women" (19:07) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - The Historic Real-life House That Inspired 'Little Women' (6:23) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Great American Read - Little Women (3:27) -VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Lit - Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later (9:37) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Almanac - What Killed the Author of Little Women? (4:48) - VIEW
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NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options
FIRST CIVILIZATIONS - War
Wednesday, 11/29 from 11 am-12 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Examine the process of "destructive creation"-the idea that fear, rivalry, and conflict strengthen community bonds while stimulating an arms race of technological progress. The result is civilization. Ancient Mesoamerica exemplifies this development. FIRST CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Wednesday, 11/29 from 1-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind America's favorite board game. Part detective story and part pop culture commentary, the film explores what makes this game - a celebration of unbridled capitalism - such an enduring favorite. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video
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