The Beatles and Beetles and Seeds - January 30

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

Pressroom Contact

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