Kenya - December 12
Around the World Learning
Friday, December 12, 2025
Today is Poinsettia Day, Gingerbread House Day, Lost and Found Day, and Ambrosia Day.
Winter Resource of the Day: Craft in America: Building and Decorating a Gingerbread House
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution.
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.
- 1745 - First Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay
- 1821 - French novelist Gustave Flaubert
- 1863 - Norwegian painter Edvard Munch
- 1915 - Singer and actor Frank Sinatra
- 1952 - Gymnast Cathy Rigby
- Frank Sinatra - My Way - LISTEN
- 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
About New Hampshire PBS: New Hampshire PBS inspires, educates and connects all Granite Staters every month—on-air, online, on mobile, in classrooms, and across our communities. From award-winning local and national programs to innovative education and community initiatives, we’re turning stories into action and ideas into impact across the Granite State. Driven by passion. Fueled by you. We are 100% community funded.
###
NHPBS PRESSROOM
Connect: Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn • TikTok • nhpbs.org
____________________________________________________________________
DIGITAL | PBS APP | YOUTUBE | NHPBS | EXPLORE | WORLD | CREATE | PBS KIDS | NHK
BROADCAST | NHPBS | EXPLORE | WORLD | CREATE| PBS KIDS
New Hampshire PBS | 268 Mast Road | Durham, NH 03824 | 603.868.1100
11 Durham, 34 Pittsburg, 23 Littleton, 18 Keene, 36 Hanover
Station Management
Peter A. Frid
President & CEO
pfrid@nhpbs.org
603-868-1100
Dawn DeAngelis
Vice President & Chief Content Officer
ddeangelis@nhpbs.org
603-868-1100
Pressroom Contact
Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339