Ducks - January 13
Learning That Will Quack You Up
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Today is Korean American Day, National Sticker Day, National Peach Melba Day,m and National Rubber Duckie Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Ducks
ON THIS DATE
- 1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- 1910 - The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
- 1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 1968 - Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
- 1990 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia becomes the first elected African American governor
BIRTHDAYS
- 1596 - Dutch painter Jan van Goyen
- 1808 - Cornish, NH native, politician, and chief justice of the Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase
- 1832 - Writer Horatio Alger, Jr.
- 1870 - Zoologist Ross Granville Harrison
- 1925 - Actor and dancer Gwen Verdon
- 1961 - Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- 1970 - Producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes
- 1977 - English actor Orlando Bloom
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - LISTEN- Gwen Verdon - Whatever Lola Wants, Damn Yankees - LISTEN
Rubber Duckie featuring Daveed Diggs - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Ducks Lyric Video (2:30) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Five Fairy Ducks (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Margaret Feeds the Ducks (1:39) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Word World - Stuck Duck (1:47) - VIEW
- Grades Prek-12 - NHPBS Video - Jazz at Lincoln Center - Rubber Duckie (2:00) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - Wildlife Journal Junior - Anatidae - Ducks, Geese, Swans - READ
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Water Birds (26:45) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Jumping Duckling (1:19) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Fixing Your Feathers (1:19) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Warm Ducks in the Cold Arctic (1:22) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - Nature - Infographic: All About Ducks - READ
- Grades 5-12 - Nature - Infographic: Meet the Ducks - READ
- Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Duck Development (2:43) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - What Actually Makes Water Roll Off a Duck's Back? (4:51) - VIEW
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