Clams (and Other Bivalves) - February 25

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Today is National Clam Chowder Day and National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Hiram Revels

• U.S. House of Representatives - Hiram Revels
• U.S. Senate - Hiram Revels: First African American Senator
• Freedom: A History of Us - Hiram Revels
• Corey Booker and the First Black Senators
• The 15th Amendment: African Americans in Congress
• Time - The History You Didn't Learn - The Black Politicians of Reconstruction

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Clams and Other Bivalves

ON THIS DATE

• 1870 - Hiram Revels (R) Mississippi is sworn in as the first Black U.S. senator.
• 1901 - United States Steel Corporation is incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
• 1964 - Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston and becomes the heavyweight boxing champion.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1670 - German astronomer and mathematician Maria Margarethe Kirch
• 1841 - French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• 1873 - Singer Enrico Caruso
• 1901 - Actor Zeppo Marx
• 1906 - Playwright Mary Coyle Chase
• 1943 - English guitarist and singer-songwriter George Harrison

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper - LISTEN
• Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio - LISTEN
• Enrico Caruso - Santa Lucia - LISTEN
• George Harrison - I Got My Mind Set On You - LISTEN
• Concert for George - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - LISTEN
• Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - LISTEN

THEME: Clams and Other Bivalves

• Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubble - Get Your Feet Wet: Oysters (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades 2-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Clam Movement Video (1:34) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV -Scientist Profile: Glue-ologist (1:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Jonathan Bird's Blue World - Killer Clams (6:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Dissection 101 - Detailed Clam Dissection Video (17:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Oyster Reef - In the Grass, On the Reef  Media Gallery - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources - The Oyster Wars - READ and VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The Lowly Oyster Cleans Up (5:22) - VIEW and DO

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