Time Travel - December 8

Monday, December 8, 2025

Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day, National Brownie Day, National Christmas Tree Day, and National Lard Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Hero Elementary: Animals In Winter - Part Two

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: TIME TRAVEL

ON THIS DATE

• 1660 -  For the first time on a public stage in England, a woman actor appears on stage as Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello. 
• 1941 -  Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt calls for December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", and the U.S. declares war on Japan.
• 1953 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech.
• 1980 - Musician John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.
• 1987 - The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
• 1991 -  Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine agree to dissolve the Soviet Union and form the Commonwealth of Independent States.
• 2013 -  Metallica performs in Antarctica and becomes the first band to perform on all seven continents.

BIRTHDAYS

• 65 BC - Roman poet Horace
• 1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots
• 1765 - Engineer Eli Whitney
• 1864 - French sculptor and illustrator Camille Claudel
• 1865 - Finnish violinist and composer Jean Sibelius
• 1886 - Mexican painter Diego Rivera
• 1894 - Humorist and cartoonist James Thurber
• 1925 - Singer and actor Sammy Davis, Jr.
• 1943 - Singer-songwriter Jim Morrison
• 1947 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Gregg Allman
• 1949 - Producer, director, and screenwriter Nancy Meyers
• 1982 - Rapper and actor Nicki Minaj

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• John Lennon - Imagine - LISTEN
• Jean Sibelius - Finlandia - LISTEN
• Sammy Davis, Jr. - Mr. Bojangles - LISTEN
• The Doors - People Are Strange - LISTEN
• The Alman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man - LISTEN
• Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle - LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
• Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands - LISTEN

THEME: TIME TRAVEL

• Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - Time Traveling Buster (1:27) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go! - The Kids Travel Back in Time (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Series - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How to See Time Travel!!! (3:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia -  Genius by Stephen Hawking -  Can We Time Travel? (54:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia -  Genius by Stephen Hawking -  Can We Time Travel? Ch. 1: What is Time? (8:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia -  Genius by Stephen Hawking -  Can We Time Travel? Ch. 2: SpaceTime (9:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia -  Genius by Stephen Hawking -  Can We Time Travel? Ch. 3: Traveling Back in Time (9:53) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia -  Genius by Stephen Hawking -  Can We Time Travel? Ch. 4: Time Travel on Earth (10:31) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia -  Genius by Stephen Hawking -  Can We Time Travel? Ch. 5: Time Travel on Earth (9:11) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - Is Time Travel Impossible? (12:33) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Digital Studios - Is Doctor Who a Religion? (7:39) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Project Gutenberg - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - READ
• Grades 9-12 - Project Gutenberg - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells - READ
• Grades 11-12- PBS LearningMedia - PBS Space Time - Are Space and Time an Illusion? (7:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 11-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place -Time Travel: Processes and Paradoxes (50:49) - VIEW
• Grades 11-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer (10:39) - VIEW

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