The Solar System and President's Day - February 19

Monday, February 19, 2024

Today is Iwo Jima Day, President's Day, and International Tug-of-War Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Solar System
Watch

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Smokey Robinson

• Gershwin Prize - Library of Congress Interview with Smokey Robinson
• PBS NewsHour - How Smokey Robinson Knows a Good Song When He Sees One
• Smokey Robinson: The Gershwin Prize Finale  

ON THIS DATE

• 1878 - Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1945 - The Fourth and Fifth  Marines land on  Iwo Jima.
• 1963 - "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan is published.
• 2008 -  Fidel Castro resigns as Cuba's president.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1473 - Polish mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
• 1717 - English actor, producer, and playwright David Garrick
• 1911 - Actor Merle Oberon
• 1940 - Singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson
• 1948 - English guitarist and songwriter Tony Iommi
• 1952 - Novelist Amy Tan
• 1955 - Actor Jeff Daniels

SONG OF THE DAY 

Smokey Robinson - Cruisin" - LISTEN

THEME:  The Solar System

• Grades PreK-1 -Sesame Street: Planet Moon and Stars (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go - Solar System Song (1:40) - VIEW 
• Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go - Solar System Coloring Sheet - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go! - Our Orbiting Solar System (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go! -Tour of the Solar System (12:26) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Design Squad and NASA - Mission: Solar System Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Walking the Solar System (5:12) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA Planetary Sciences - Measuring Distance in the Solar System (3:30) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - What Is the Solar System? (Available in Spanish) (1:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia -  Smithsonian Science How - Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - To Scale: The Solar System (5:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Scaled Images of the Solar System - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Map a Model Solar System Interactive - DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Solar System Fact Sheet  - READ
• Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Teaching About the Solar System Professional Development - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - How Solar Systems Form (6:01) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  PBS LearningMedia - NOVA scienceNOW: Origins of the Solar System (Available in Spanish) (5:39) - VIEW, READ DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Introduction to the Solar System (9:57)  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA Planetary Sciences - The Solar System's Boundaries (4:53)  - VIEW and DO

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 White House - The Presidents - READ
• 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

Watch 

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Breaking the News
Monday, 2/19 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch the 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation and include the voices often left out of the American story. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

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

BEYOND THE BATON: A CONDUCTOR'S JOURNEY
Monday, 2/19 from 1:30-2:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Born to a single mother on welfare, Thomas Wilkins grew up to become one of the few remarkable African American conductors leading a major orchestra - the celebrated Omaha Symphony. BEYOND THE BATON Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (956) More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS - Roberta
Monday, 2/19 from 10-11:30 am NH WORLD
Follow the music icon from a piano lounge through her rise to stardom. From "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" to "Killing Me Softly," Flack's virtuosity was inseparable from her commitment to civil rights. Detailing her story in her own words, the film features exclusive access to Flack's archives and interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Peabo Bryson, and more. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Ailey
Monday, 2/19 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Discover the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey, whose dances center on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and beauty. Featuring previously unheard audio interviews with Ailey, interviews with those close to him, and an intimate glimpse into the Ailey studios today. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

WHAM RE-BOP-BOOM-BAM: THE SWING JAZZ OF EDDIE DURHAM
Monday, 2/19 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Eddie Durham heard music differently, and he played it differently, too. Carrying rural southwestern blues influences with him from his hometown of San Marcos, Texas, Eddie became a leading architect of the Kansas City swing jazz sound in the 1920s and '30s. WHAM RE-BOP-BOOM-BAM: THE SWING JAZZ OF EDDIE DURHAM Streaming Video

WES BOUND: THE GENIUS OF WES MONTGOMERY
Monday, 2/19 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Told through his son Robert's own journey of discovery, the program explores jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery's early years in Indiana, his rise to fame with the Lionel Hampton Big Band, his notable solo career, and his tragic death at age 45. The film features numerous rarely-seen performances, as well as interviews with music historians from across the country and guitar luminaries such as Pat Metheny and Slash. WES BOUND: THE GENIUS OF WES MONTGOMERY Streaming Video

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Director of Communications
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