Dragons - January 16

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Today is  Appreciate A Dragon Day, International Hot and Spicy Food Day, National Fig Newton Day, National Religious Freedom Day, and National Nothing Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Dragons

ON THIS DATE

• 1547 - Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) is crowned czar of Russia.
• 1920 -  The 18th Amendment goes into effect and Prohibition begins.
• 1991 - The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
• 2020 - The impeachment of Donald Trump moves to the trial phase in the Senate.

BIRTHDAYS 

• 1901 - Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista
• 1908 - Singer Ethel Merman
• 1932 - Zoologist Dian Fossey
• 1934 - Opera singer Marilyn Horne
• 1980 - Playwright and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Ethel Merman - There's No Business Like Show Business - LISTEN
• Marilyn Horne - Sesame Steet - C is for Cookie - LISTEN
• Lin-Manual Miranda and Shock - Electric Company - Silent E - LISTEN
• Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon - LISTEN
• Ed Sheeran - I See Fire - LISTEN
• Queen - Dragon Attack - LISTEN

THEME: Dragons

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Chinese New Year Dragon Dance with Elmo and Abby! (1:09) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger -Super Daniel Helps the Hungry Dragon (1:22) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Make Your Own Dragon Wings - DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Komodo Dragons (4:52) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Flight of the Draco (1:27) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - Crayola -Legendary Dragon Lesson Plans - DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Water Dragons (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - What Dragons Say About Us (6:04) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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