Gorillas and Dr. Seuss - March 2

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Today is  Dr. Seuss Day, Read Across  America Day, Rescue Cat Day, Banana Cream Pie Day, Frozen Food Day, and Sock Monkey Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: Teaching Women's Suffrage

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Gorillas and Dr. Seuss
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ON THIS DATE

• 1807 - U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.
• 1836 - Texas declares its independence from Spain.
• 1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote
• 1917 - Puerto Ricans are granted U.S. citizenship.
• 1933 - King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
• 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
• 1983 - Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States

BIRTHDAYS

• 1793 - Ist president of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston
• 1860 - Politician, activist, and first female U.S. Mayor Susanna M. Salter
• 1900 - German-born composer Kurt Weill
• 1902 - Baseball player and spy Moe Berg
• 1904 - Writer and illustrator Dr. Seuss
• 1922 - Computer programmer Frances Spence
• 1931 - Russian politician Mikhail Gorbachev
• 1942 - Novelist and NH native John Irving
• 1942 - Singer-songwriter Lou Reed
• 1950 - Singer Karen Carpenter
• 1952 - Actor Laraine Newman
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi
• 1980 - Australian actor - Rebel Wilson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Lou Reed - Satellite of Love - LISTEN
• The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun - LISTEN
• Bon Jovi- Livin' On A Prayer - LISTEN
• Lotte Lenya - Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill - LISTEN

THEME: Gorillas

• Grades PreK-1 - The Cat in the Hat - Gordon the Gorilla (2:05) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - There's a Gorilla! (1:23) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Houston Zoo - Gorilla Habitat Cam - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Gorillas (8:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Alpha Gorilla is Dad of the Year (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Did You Know Gorillas Can Sing? (1:21) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Baby Nyakabara (2:51) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Baby Gorilla: The Four-Pound Legacy (25:58) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Koko - The Gorilla Who Talks (54:51) - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons -What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape? (7:24) - VIEW

THEME: Dr. Seuss

• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Dr Seuss & Making Oobleck (14:15)  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat Know A Lot About That - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Rainbow Readers - Cooper Mleynek: "Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose" (0:44) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS Video - Rapping Dr. Seuss (2:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kids In Motion - Marvin K. Mooney (Available in Spanish) (3:44) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Dr. Seuss-illustrated Program & Drawing (3:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Dr. Seuss-signed First Edition Books (3:44) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Dr. Seuss’s Publisher Helped Finish a Forgotten Book (6:26)  - VIEW

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