Bill of Rights - December 15

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Today is Bill of Rights Day, Cat Herders Day, National Cupcake Day, and National Wear Your Pearls 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

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 - The 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

Pressroom Contact

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