Ancient Egypt and Presidents' Day - February 16

Monday, February 16, 2026

Today is Presidents' Day and Almond Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: PBS LearningMedia

• Celebrating Black History and Culture Collection

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Ancient Egypt  and Presidents' Day

ON THIS DATE

• 1923 - King Tutankhamun's burial chamber is unsealed.
• 1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba.
• 1968 - The first 911 emergency telephone system is launched in Haleyville, Alabama.
• 2006 - The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1920 - General Anna Mae Hays
• 1957 - Actor LeVar Burton
• 1958 - Rapper and actor Ice-T
• 1959 - Tennis player John McEnroe
• 1990 - Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian - LISTEN
• Jimmy Fallon Does Jim Morrison - Reading Rainbow - LISTEN
• SNL - Steve Martin - King Tut Song - LISTEN

THEME:  Ancient Egypt

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Bert and Ernie in a Pyramid (4:55) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Let's Go Luna - Magic Globe Teaches Egyptian Arabic (1:18) - VIEW
  
• Grade 1 - Core Knowledge -  Ancient Egypt Curriculum -DO
• Grades 1-12 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Egyptian Art Collection -VIEW and EXPLORE
• Grades 1-12 - British Museum - Ancient Egypt -VIEW and EXPLORE
• Grades 1-5 - British Museum - Ancient Egypt Learning Resources -View, READ, DO
• Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Clock Like an Egyptian (11:35) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS Learning Media - Egypt's Treasure Guardians (55:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - How The Pyramids Were Built (5:40) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Who Built the Pyramids (4:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - What's Inside the Great Pyramid? (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Secrets of the Dead - Sacred Crocodile Mummies Reveal the Climate of Ancient Egypt (2:59) - VIEW

THEME:  Presidents Day

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo is the First Monster President (6:56) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMEdia - U.S. Presidents Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents Collection (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Presidents Day (Available in Spanish)  (0:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Presidents Day Word Search - DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - What Makes a Perfect President - DO
• Grades 4-12 - Library of Congress - The Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents - Photographs -VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - The Miller Center - University of Virginia - The Presidents - READ
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Politics on Point - The Power of the President (3:47) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - C-SPAN - The Presidents - READ and VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The American Experience - The Presidents Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - NewsMakers - Presidents Day History (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Presidents Collection - VIEW

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