Attack on Pearl Harbor - December 7

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Today is the beginning of Hanukkah, Cotton Candy Day, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and Letter Writing Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Nature Cat: Animals In Winter - Part One

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution.
• 1796 - Electors choose John Adams over Thomas Jefferson as the second president of the U.S.
• 1836 - Martin Van Buren is elected the eighth president of the U.S.
• 1941 - Japan attacks the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• 1946 - A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, making it the deadliest hotel fire in American history.
• 1963 - Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.
• 1972 - The last Apollo moon mission, Apollo 17, is launched.
• 1995 - The Galileo spacecraft, launched on October 18, 1989, arrives at Jupiter.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1873 - Author Willa Cather
• 1878 - Japanese poet Yosano Akiko
• 1928 - Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky
• 1942 - Singer-songwriter Harry Chapin
• 1949 - Singer-songwriter Tom Waits
• 1952 - Maine politician Susan Collins
• 1956 - Basketball player and Celtics legend Larry Bird

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle - LISTEN
• Tom Waits - Hold On - LISTEN

THEME:  ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

• Grades K-5 -  PBS Learning Media - Wyoming Voices - Pearl Harbor Day (7:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - National Parks - Pearl Harbor National Memorial - READ and VIEW
• Grades 5-10 - PBS LearningMedia - The Attack on Pearl Harbor (1:58) - VIEW, READ,  DO
• Grades 6-12 - National World War II Museum Educational Resources -VIEW, READ, DO, LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Pearl Harbor  First-Person Stories (Available in Spanish) (4:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Pearl Harbor: Teaching with Primary Sources - VIEW, LISTEN, AND DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt Respond to Pearl Harbor (6:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Into the Arizona - Chapter 1: Introduction (15:02) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Into the Arizona - Chapter 2: World War: Pearl Harbor (10:04) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Into the  Arizona - Chapter 3: Battleship Row is Destroyed (11:15) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Into the Arizona - Chapter 4: The Deeper Decks (8:22) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Into the Arizona - Chapter 5: The Final Dive (10:49) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Into the Arizona - History of the Arizona (1:30) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Into the Arizona - Road to War and the Morning of the Attack (7:36) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia -   Into the Arizona - Arizona's Destruction (3:49) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Into the Arizona - Aftermath of the Attack (7:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The War - Pearl Harbor: The Attack (2:47) - VIEW and DO

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GREAT POLAR BEAR FEAST
Thursday, 12/07 from 2-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Investigate the problems facing a unique population of polar bears due to climate change. At the heart is an extraordinary event - the annual gathering of up to 80 polar bears on Barter Island in the Arctic Ocean each September. GREAT POLAR BEAR FEAST Streaming Video

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AMERICA REFRAMED - Hayden and Her Family
Thursday, 12/07 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Elizabeth and Jud Curry face the difficulties and isolation of raising adopted children with special needs while the children must make sense of their new family and their place in it. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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