Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater - January 10
Classy Learning
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater
ON THIS DATE
- 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, starting a civil war.
- 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
- 1861 - Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
- 1920 - League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.
- 1927 - Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany
- 1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations convenes in London
- 1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals
- 1971 - Masterpiece Theater premieres on PBS.
- 1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1910 - Ballet dancer Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova
- 1943 - Singer-songwriter Jim Croce
- 1945 - Singer-songwriter Rod Stewart
- 1949 - Boxer George Foreman
- 1953 - Singer-songwriter Pat Benatar
Jim Croce -Time in a Bottle - LISTENPat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield - LISTEN- Rod Stewart - The First Cut is the Deepest - LISTEN
THEME: Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -
Little House on the Prairie (2:30) - VIEW - Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -
Dr. No (3:28) - VIEW - Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -
Upstairs Downstairs (4:11) - VIEW - Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Twelve Angry Men
(2:01) - VIEW - Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -
Guys and Dolls (2:45) - VIEW - Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -
The King and I (1:46) - VIEW - Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Collection: Literary Drama - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Collection: Historical Drama - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Masterpiece Theater -VIEW
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