Gorillas and Dr. Seuss - March 2

Wonder, Think, and Pound Your Chest Learning

Sunday, March 2, 2025

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

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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