Mountains - December 11

Monday, December 11, 2023

Today is Kaleidoscope Day, International Mountain Day, and National App Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Spot On Science - Weird Winter Phenomena

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: MOUNTAINS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state.
• 1936 - Britain's King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
• 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. 
• 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is founded.
• 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
• 1997 - Over 150 countries agree to address global climate change at a conference in Kyoto.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1803 - French composer Hector Berlioz
• 1843 - German microbiologist Robert Koch
• 1863 - Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon
• 1882 - NY mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia
• 1926 - Singer-songwriter Big Mama Thornton
• 1931 - Actor Rita Moreno
• 1943 - Politician John Kerry

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• John Denver - Rocky Mountain High - LISTEN
• Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - LISTEN
• Climb Ev'ry Mountain Finale from The Sound of Music - LISTEN
• Hector Berlioz -  Symphonie Fantastique - Dream Of A Witches Sabbath - LISTEN
• Hounddog - Big Mama Thornton - LISTEN

THEME: Mountains

• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Mountain Goats (5:34) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Plum Landing - Discover the Mountains Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Plum Landing - Master the Mountains Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Plum Landing  - Mountain Scramble: An Ecosystem Game - DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Plum Landing  - Rocky Mountain Roundup Scavenger Hunt - DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth to Blorb: Mountains! (2:19) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild - Changing Seasons in the Mountains (4:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Geology and Mountains (2:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Grand Canyon: Ancient Mountains (Available in Spanish (1:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Making North America - Formation of the Ancestral Rockies (6:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Trying to Breathe on Mount Everest (3:34) - VIEW, READ, DO

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POV - How To Have An American Baby
Monday, 12/11 from 10 pm-12 am NHPBS
Voyage into the shadow economy that caters to Chinese tourists who travel to the US to give birth in order to obtain citizenship for their babies. Told through a series of intimately observed vignettes, the story of a hidden global economy emerges-depicting the fortunes and tragedies that befall the ordinary people caught in its web. POV Streaming Video

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GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET - Die Zauberflote
Monday, 12/11 from 12-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Experience director Simon McBurney's Met debut with a new production of this Mozart favorite. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts with Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino, Erin Morley as Pamina, Thomas Oliemans as Papageno, and Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

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SABBATH - Parts One and Two
Monday, 12/11 from 7-9 pm NHPBS WORLD
SABBATH explores the concept of a "day of rest" across different religions and places of worship in America. From the Orthodox Jews of Crown Heights, New York who observe a Shabbat, to Muslims who honor the Friday Jummah Prayer, to the history of Sunday Sabbath in the Black Church, the story of SABBATH is the story of America both yesterday and today. SABBATH Streaming Video

FILMSBYKIDS - L'chaim
Monday, 12/11 from 9-9:30 pm NH WORLD
19-year-old Semon Shabaev chronicles the resurgence of vibrant Jewish life in Berlin, Germany by featuring his own story. FILMSBYKIDS Steaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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