The Beatles and Beetles and Seeds - January 30

Rock and Roll Royalty Learning and Buggy Learning

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Today is Croissant Day and National Seed Swap Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Beatles and Beetles

ON THIS DATE

1649 - England's King Charles I is beheaded.
1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
1933 - Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
1948 - Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated.
1956 - Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
1968 - The Tet Offensive begins when Communist forces attack South Vietnamese provincial capitals
1969 - The Beatles give their last public performance on the roof of Apple Records in London.
1972 - British soldiers kill thirteen Roman Catholic marchers in Northern Ireland on what is now known as "Bloody Sunday."

BIRTHDAYS

1882 - 32nd President of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1924 - Author Lloyd Alexander
1930 - Actor Gene Hackman
1935 - Writer Richard Brautigan
1937 - Russian chess player Boris Spassky
1941 - 46th vice president Dick Cheney
1951 - Musician Phil Collins

SONGS OF THE DAY

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight - LISTEN
The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down - LISTEN
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday - LISTEN

THEME: THE BEATLES

GRADES PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Beetles - Letter B - (3:05) - VIEW
GRADES PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Hey Food (2:14) - VIEW
GRADES 4-12 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - The Beatles - READ and VIEW
GRADES 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - 1964 - The Beatles (1:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - Teach Rock - Beatles Lesson Plans - VIEW, READ, DO
GRADES 7-12 - Den of Geek - Did the Beatles Really Sue Sesame Street? - READ
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Amanpour and Company - A Whole New Look at the Beatles (2:39) -VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - 1964 Carnegie Hall Program and Ticket Stub (1:34) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Signed Beatles Program, ca. 1963 (2:19) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Beatles Apple Records 45 Collection (2:01) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Watching the End of the Beatles Through the Lens of a Camera (4:18) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Recording Reveal Beatles Before They Inspired Mania (6:31) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origin of Everything - The Science of Why We Love Boy Bands (12:11) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Gershwin Prize - Billy Joel - Why I Liked the Beatles (1:17) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Performances - Magical Mystery Tour Origins (3:25) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - History Detective - Beatles Autograph (13:51) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Master - Lennon NYC (1:52:57) - VIEW
GRADES 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Under a Minute - The Beatles (0:59) - VIEW

THEME: BEETLES

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Hey Food - VIEW
Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Pesky Beetles (3:24) - VIEW
Grades PreK-3 - Between the Lions - If You Were a Beetle (1:05) - VIEW
Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Up Close & Natural - Animals Without Backbones (13:02) - VIEW
Grades 1-4 - Wild Kratts - Beetle Battle (4:02) - VIEW
Grades 1-4 - Wild Kratts - Beetle Power (3:31) - VIEW
Grades 1-4 - Wild Kratts - Hercules Beetles(1:36) - VIEW
Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Junior - Coleoptera: Beetles - READ
Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Spot on Science - Expert Interview on Dung Beetles. (6:14) - VIEW and DO
Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Georgia Outdoors - Dung Beetles (2:08) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Salt Creek Tiger Beetles (6:19) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Chasing Beetles, Finding Darwin (22:56) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Bombardier Beetle And Its Crazy Chemical Cannon (2:47) - VIEW

THEME: SEEDS

Grades PreK - PBS LearningMedia - Peep and the Big Wide World - Experimenting with Seeds -VIEW
Grades PreK - PBS LearningMedia - Peep Plants a Seed - VIEW
Grades PreK - PBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - The Carrot Seed -VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - From Seed to Fruit - VIEW and DO
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mrs. Obama Plants Garden - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's World: Growing Beans
- VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sid the Science Kid - Growing Plants - VIEW
Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Mister Chris and Friends - Seeds - VIEW and DO
Grades PreK-2 - Plum Landing - Seed Racer Game - DO
Grades PreK-2 - Plum Landing - Make a Seed Blaster - DO
Grades PreK-2 - Plum Landing - Seed Travels - DO
Grades PreK-2 - PBS Kids - Read Along with Michelle Obama! - Miss Maple’s Seeds - VIEW
Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Seed Soaring Game - DO
Grades K-4 - PBS Learning Media - Nature Cat - Travelin' Seeds (full episode) - VIEW
Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - From Seed to Flower - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades K-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Sock Seeds - VIEW, READ, DO

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