Milk and Alexander Hamilton - January 11

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Today is National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day and National Milk Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Milk and Alexander Hamilton 

ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - William Herschel discovers two moons of Uranus, Titania, and Oberon.
• 1861 - Alabama secedes from the Union.
• 1908 - The Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• 1964 - A report from the surgeon general states that cigarettes cause lung cancer.
• 1973 - Major League Baseball owners in the American League vote to adopt the designated hitter rule.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1755 - Politician Alexander Hamilton
• 1815 - First prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald
• 1885 - Activist and suffragist Alice Paul
• 1971 - Singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Lin -Manuel Miranda - Alexander Hamilton - White House Poetry Jam -  LISTEN

THEME:  Milk

• PreK-1- Sesame Street - Milk Song (4:26) - VIEW
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Dairy (1:21) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS Learning Media - Science-U - What Makes Food Coloring Dance in Milk? (2:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS Video - The Friday Zone - Milking It (28:46) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Dairy Scientist (Available in Spanish) (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Milk Carton Boat (6:47) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - How Milk Becomes Cheese (6:43)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Milk, Dish Soap and Food Coloring: Dairy Fireworks (3:30) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origins of Everything - Why Do We Drink Milk in School? (8:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look -  How Kittens Go From Clueless to Cute (3:38) - VIEW

THEME:  Alexander Hamilton

• Grades PreK-Adult - Ham4 Ham - The Story of Tonight with Elmo (1:09) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - The Room Where It Happens (1:01) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Hamilton As Seen by his Contemporaries (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Alexander Hamilton's Widow Speaks (2:04) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Great Performances - Hamilton in :60: The Immigrant (1:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Great Performances - Hamilton in :60: The Military Officer (1:04) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Great Performances - Hamilton in :60: The Politician (0:59) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Great Performances - Hamilton in :60: His Legacy (1:12) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Conversations with Jeff Weeks - Hal Bidlack (Alexander Hamilton) (28:45) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - A Taste of History - Alexander Hamilton - The Financier (25:11) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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