Clowns and Llamas - December 9

Monday, December 9, 2024

Today is Christmas Card Day, Day of Veterinary Medicine, Llama Day, and Pastry Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Celebrating Winter Collection

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: CLOWNS AND LLAMAS

ON THIS DATE

• 1854 - "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is published in England.
• 1872 -  In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor in the US.
• 1962 - The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
• 1965 - A Charlie Brown Christmas debuts on CBS. 
• 1990 - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa is elected president of Poland.
• 1992 - Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce their separation.
• 2000 - The Supreme Court voted, 5 to 4, to stop the vote-counting in Florida in the Presidential contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
• 2017 - Australia becomes the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1608 - English poet John Milton
• 1745 - Italian violinist and composer Maddalena Laura Sirmen
• 1779 - Toolmaker and inventor Tabitha Babbitt
• 1898 -  Circus clown Emmett Kelly 
• 1902 - Actor Margaret Hamilton
• 1912 - Politician Tip O'Neill
• 1916 - Actor Kirk Douglas
• 1930 - Actor, screenwriter, and director Buck Henry
• 1953 - Actor John Malkovich

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown - LISTEN
• Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns - LISTEN
• Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Everybody Love a Clown - LISTEN
• Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown - LISTEN

THEME: Clowns

• Grades 1-4 - Odd Squad - Kooky Clown vs Fladam (2:03)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Global Oneness Project - Laugh Clown Laugh (Available in Spanish) (7:43)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - Clowning (10:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Clown Shoes, ca. 1940 (0:53) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origin of Everything - The True Origin of Killer Clowns (6:37) - VIEW

THEME: LLAMAS

• Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - What's a Llama? (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Let's Share a Story: "Llama Destroys the World" (9:33) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Animal Alphabet - Llama (0:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - Crosley Zoo - Llamas - READ
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - WIldlife Journal Junior -Camelidae - camels, llamas, alpacas, vicugnas - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - We Surprised a Llama Antibody Researcher with a Llama (2:33) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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