Bill of Rights - December 15

Friday, December 15, 2023

Today is Bill of Rights Day, Cat Herders Day, National Cupcake Day, National Wear Your Pearls Day, Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, and Underdog Day. 

Winter Resource of the Day: Crafts for Kids - Winter Wonderland Terrarium

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

• 1781 - The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
• 1890 - Lakota leader Sitting Bull and 11 others are killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
• 1916 - The French defeat the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.
• 1933 - Twenty-first Amendment becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and Prohibition.
• 1939 - Gone With the Wind premieres in Atlanta.
• 1941 - German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar in Ukraine.
• 1973 - The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
• 1978 - President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

BIRTHDAYS

• 37 -  Roman emperor Nero
• 1832 - French architect and engineer Gustave Eiffel
• 1886 - Polish WWII underground resistance fighter Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
• 1892 - Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Smart Songs - Bill of Rights Rap - LISTEN
• School House Rock - The Constitution - LISTEN

THEME:  Bill of Rights

• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Civics 101 - First Amendment (1:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Civics 101 - Second Amendment (1:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - Liberty's Kids - We the People (23:17)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching the Constitution Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - National Archives - Bill of Rights - VIEW and READ ORIGINAL
• Grades 7-12 - National Archive -The Bill of Rights: What Does it Say? - READ
• Grades 7-12 - Annenberg Classroom - The Bill of Rights - VIEW, READ, DO, PLAY
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - To the Contrary - Free Speech in the Internet Age (25:48)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Simple Civics - Freedom of Speech During Times of War (3:28) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government - Civil Rights and Liberties (7:41) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Constitution USA with Peter Sagal Series - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Bill of Rights Lesson - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - The Constitution: That Delicate Balance 13-part Series - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Democracy in America (Episode 2: The Constitution) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Making Civics Real: A Workshop for Teachers - VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

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ANCIENT SKIES - Gods and Monsters
Friday, 12/15 from 4-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
From our earliest ancestors, we used the skies to navigate and tell time, and we gave religious significance to the things we saw in it. ANCIENT SKIES Streaming Video

LOOKINGGLASS ALICE
Friday, 12/15 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
An exhilarating live theatrical adaptation of Alice In Wonderland, created and performed by Chicago's Tony-Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's beloved stories and infused with physical risk world-class circus arts, this Alice transports audiences down the rabbit hole with new twists on the beloved characters and story, creating a wildly entertaining adventure for all ages. LOOKINGLGASS ALICE Streaming Video

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REVOLUTION OF THE HEART: The Dorothy Day Story
Friday, 12/15 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Follow Dorothy Day’s journey from a young communist journalist, to a Catholic convert, to the co-founder of The Catholic Worker newspaper and the first “houses of hospitality,” which sheltered New York City’s homeless during the Great Depression. REVOLUTION OF THE HEART Streaming Video

IN THEIR OWN WORDS - Pope Francis
Friday, 12/15 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Learn what experiences led Jorge Bergoglio to the highest office in the Catholic Church. Taking the name Francis, he is the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European and first Jesuit priest to be named pope. IN THEIR OWN WORDS Streaming Video

HOLY SILENCE
Friday, 12/15 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
During the years leading up to World War II, what was the Vatican's reaction to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany? And after the war began, how did the pope respond to the horrors of the Holocaust? HOLY SILENCE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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