Jules Verne and Kites - February 8

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Today is Fat Thursday, Molasses Bar Day, Kite Flying Day, and Opera Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Shirley Chisholm

• Black History Month Special: Shirley Chisholm
• Shirley Chisholm: She Inspires
• National Women's History Museum - Shirley Chisholm
• U.S. House of Representatives - Shirley Chisholm

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Jules Verne and Kites
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ON THIS DATE

• 1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots is executed for her suspected role in the Babington Plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
• 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War begins.
• 1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
• 1968 - Three black students from South Carolina State University are killed by highway patrolmen in a civil rights protest over a whites-only bowling alley in  Orangeburg, S.C.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1677 - French astronomer Jacques Cassini
• 1700- Swiss mathematician Daniel Bernoulli
• 1820 - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman
• 1828 - French author Jules Verne
• 1834 - Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev
• 1850 - Author Kate Chopin
• 1894 - Producer and director King Vidor
• 1899 - Guitarist and singer-songwriter Lonnie Johnson
• 1911 - Poet and short story writer Elizabeth Bishop
• 1925 - Actor Jack Lemmon
• 1931 - Actor James Dean
• 1932 - Composer and conductor John Williams
• 1937 - Composer Joe Raposo, known for his works for Sesame Street
• 1955 - Author John Grisham
• 1974 - Actor, producer, and director Seth Green

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• John Williams - Imperial March from Star Wars - LISTEN
• Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry - LISTEN
• Nathan Lane the Muppets sing "Sing" by Joe Raposo - LISTEN

THEME:  Jules Verne

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ancient Skies - Cannon Shot to the Moon (2:04) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - When Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact (7:36) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS - University Place - Old Time Radio Drama: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1:04:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - American Experience - Nellie Bly: Around the World in 72 Days - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - 15 Things You Might Not Know About Jules Verne - READ
• Grades 6-12 -  The History of Sci-Fi - Jules Verne - Extra Sci-Fi (8:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - A Trip to the Moon - 1902 Film inspired by Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel Around the Moon (12:52) - VIEW

THEME:  Kites

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - K is for Kite (1:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 -  NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make an Awesome Shapely Kite (0:50) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia -  The Cat in the Hat -Kites Need Oodles of Wind! (1:59) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Kid Vision - Kites Field Trip (8:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Kites (29:14) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - Kites (8:27) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Shocking Truth About Ben Franklin and the Kite (8:01) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Career Spotlight: Kite Designer (Available in Spanish) (3:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art and History of Kites (24:51) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

TREASURES WITH BETTANY HUGHES - Treasures of Gibraltar
Thursday, 2/1 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
There are few places on Earth with as much of an outsize influence on world history as the small British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The peninsula may just be 2.5 square miles, but this iconic rock has loomed large in the human imagination since prehistory. TREASURES WITH BETTANY HUGHES Streaming Video

TREASURES WITH BETTANY HUGHES - Treasures of the Mediterranean Islands
Thursday, 2/1 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
The Mediterranean Sea, the lifeblood of civilizations across millennia, has been known by many names. This one body of water has experienced more interaction throughout history than any other on the planet. TREASURES WITH BETTANY HUGHES Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE- 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

NATURE - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Thursday, 2/08 from 3-4 pm NH EXPLORE
Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs. NATURE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (956) More Options

EYES ON THE PRIZE - Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
Thursday, 2/1 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Black college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South. "Freedom Riders" also try to desegregate interstate buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel. EYES ON THE PRIZE Streaming Video

EYES ON THE PRIZE - Fightin Back (1961-1963)
Thursday, 2/1 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. The triumphant March on Washington shows a mounting national support for civil rights. EYES ON THE PRIZE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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