Kenya - December 12

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Today is Poinsettia Day, Gingerbread House Day, and Ambrosia Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Craft in America: Building and Decorating a Gingerbread House

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: KENYA

ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
• 1870 - The first black congressman, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina, takes his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from Britain.
• 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court stops the vote count in Florida in Bush v. Gore.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1745 - First Supreme Court  Chief Justice John Jay
• 1821 - French novelist  Gustave Flaubert
• 1863 - Norweigan painter Edvard Munch 
• 1915 - Singer and actor Frank Sinatra
• 1952 - Gymnast Cathy Rigby

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Frank Sinatra - My Way - LISTEN

THEME: KENYA

• Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - K-2-424: For You Are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane (26:40) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - San Diego Zoo Kids - Wild Watch Kenya (4:05) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Time for School - Kenya: Joab: Media Gallery - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Kenya Takes on E-Waste Problem (7:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - The Global Classroom - Destination: Kenya (57:05) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Twins of Mankala (11:09) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS NewsHour - Inside Kenya -VIEW and READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Compare and Contrast: Education in Japan and Kenya (3:12) - VIEW and DO

Pressroom Contact

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