Vaccines - February 23

Friday, February 23, 2024

Today is Banana Bread Day, Tootsie Roll Day, and Pinocchio Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Tuskegee Airmen

• American Air Museum - Clarence D. Lester
• WWII and the Tuskegee Airmen
• Tuskegee Airmen: Yellowhammer History Hunt
• Finding World War Two: The Tuskegee Airmen
• Tuskegee Airmen

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Vaccines

ON THIS DATE

• 1455 -  The Gutenberg Bible was first printed.
• 1836 - The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 1903 - Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity"
• 1954 - The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins at an elementary school in Pittsburgh.
• 1997 - Scientists in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, a lamb named Dolly.
• 2000 - Carlos Santana wins eight Grammy Awards for his album "Supernatural." 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1633 -  English diarist Samuel Pepys
• 1685 - Composer George Frideric Handel
• 1868 - Sociologist  W. E. B. Du Bois
• 1889 - Director and producer Victor Fleming
• 1923 - Fighter pilot Clarence D. Lester
• 1983 - Actor and comedian Aziz Ansari
• 1983 - English actor Emily Blunt
• 1994 - Actor Dakota Fanning

 SONGS OF THE DAY

• Santana - Smooth - LISTEN
• George Frideric Handel - Sarabande - LISTEN
  

THEME:  Vaccines

• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Viruses: SmallPox (1:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Videos - Nova - Vaccines - Calling the Shots (53:10)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA - Vaccines:  Calling the Shots: Autism & Vaccines (4:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - Nova - U.S. Polio Vaccines: Then and Now (13:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA - Vaccines:  Calling the Shots: The Smallpox Vaccine (4:40) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA - Vaccines:  Calling the Shots: Immunity & Vaccines (3:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA - Vaccines:  Calling the Shots: Herd Immunity (3:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Polio Crusade (52:28) - VIEW 
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Polio Crusade Chapter One (9:37) - VIEW 
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Polio Crusade Picture Gallery - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frontline -The Vaccine War - The Growing Debate Over Vaccine Safety (10:11) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Could the Polio Vaccine Save the World (...Again) (5:26) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Future of America's Past - Polio on Trial (5:00) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -A Very Short History of Vaccines in America (3:11) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - The Importance of Vaccines Throughout History (2:20) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Building Vaccines (4:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 -NH PBS Video  - Vaccine Ingredient Misconceptions, Debunked (6:16) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Vaccines: What’s Inside Them and Are They Safe? (5:56) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Inside the Lab That Invented the COVID-19 Vaccine (11:20) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

GREAT PERFORMANCES - George Jones: Still Playin' Possum
Friday, 2/23 from 9-10:30 pm NHPBS
Honor one of the most beloved stars in country music history with this all-star tribute concert featuring Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Wynonna, Jelly Roll, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Lorrie Morgan, Justin Moore, Trace Adkins and more. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER - A Joni Mitchell Songbook
Friday, 2/23 from 10:30-11:30 pm NHPBS
The indomitable influence of Joni Mitchell is celebrated with an all-star lineup at the Kennedy Center, led by multi-Grammy Award winner Vince Mendoza and accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra. NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (956) More Options

P.O.V. - We Are the Radical Monarchs
Friday, 2/23 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. Follow the group as they earn badges for completing units on such subjects as being an LGBTQ ally, preserving the environment, and disability justice. P.O.V. Streaming Video

WHERE I BECAME
Friday, 2/23 from 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD
The story of the incredible journey of several women who left apartheid in South Africa to attend Smith College in the U.S. WHERE I BECAME Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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