Giant Pandas and Quilts - March 16

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Today is Black Press Day, Curlew Day, Freedom of Information Day, Goddard Day, Maple Syrup Saturday, Panda Day, Quilting Day, No Selfies Day, Play the Recorder Day, and Save the Panther Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day:  Women on Women: Gloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Giant Pandas and Quilts
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ON THIS DATE

• 1850 - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published.
• 1968 - My Lai Massacre is carried out by United States troops in Vietnam, killing hundreds of unarmed citizens.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1750 - English astronomer Caroline Herschel
• 1751 - Fourth President of the United States James Madison
• 1799 - English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins
• 1822 - French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur
• 1846 - American physician and social reformer  Rebecca Cole
• 1916 - Actor Mercedes McCambridge
• 1954 - Singer-songwriter Nancy Wilson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Heart - Barracuda - LISTEN

THEME:  Giant Panda

• Grades PreK-12 - National Zoo - Giant Panda Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Zoo Atlanta - Panda Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - iPanda - Multiple Panda Cams from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Shenshuping Gengda Panda Center - Panda Cams -VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Panda Count (1:06) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Panda Rescue (3:19) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8- PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Wolong's Pandas (3:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild - Changing Seasons in the Mountains (4:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild (53:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda (8:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Bamboo Mountain - China's Pandas (5:32) - VIEW and DO

THEME:  Quilts

• Grades K-5 - EDSITEment - History in Quilts Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades K-10 - PBS LearningMedia - Geometric Quilts in the Style of Martha Osborn (2:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Arts After School - Quilt Squares (4:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Anna Von Mertens: Visual Arts - Quilting (10:32) - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 1-2 - Mattatuck Museum - Faith Ringgold and Story Quilts Lesson Plan - DO
  Grades 2-8 - Southwest Educational Development Laboratory - Visual Arts Quilting Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS Learning Media - Quilts: Juanita Yeager (5:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - New England Quilt Museum - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Craft in America - Painting with Fabric: How Two Artists Make Quilts (8:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Craft in America - Quilts (55:06) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Picturing America - Quilts (6:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Quilts of Ken Burns in 360° (4:50) - VIEW and DO

WATCH

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS: Roberta
Saturday, 3/16 from 8-9:30 pm 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

Pressroom Contact

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