Chickens, Turkeys, and Geese - Oh My! - March 19

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Today is Certified Nurses Day, Chocolate Caramel Day, Poultry Day, Swallows Return to Capistrano Day, and World Storytelling Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: It's Lit: The Women of Jane Austen

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Chickens, Turkeys, and Geese - Oh My!
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ON THIS DATE

• 1918 - The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling.
• 1962 - Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album is released.
• 1979 - The U.S. House begins broadcasting its day-to-day business on C-SPAN.
• 2003 - President George W. Bush orders the start of the war on Iraq
• 2018 - The last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, dies.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1809 - Russian writer Nikolay Gogol 
• 1860 - Politician and lawyer William Jennings Bryan
• 1868 - Basketball player Senda Berenson Abbott
• 1881 - Social worker and politician Edith Nourse Rogers
• 1891 - Jurist Earl Warren
• 1894 - Comedian Moms Mabley
• 1900 - French physicist Frederic Joliot-Curie
• 1933 - Writer Philip Roth
• 1947 - Actor Glenn Close
• 1955 - Actor Bruce Willis

SONG OF THE DAY 

Bob Dylan - Song to Woody - LISTEN

THEME:  Chickens, Turkeys, and Geese

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Chicken Dance - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Counting Chickens (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Peg + Cat - Chicken Coop - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo Pretends to Be a Chicken (2:23) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Chicken Dream (54:54) - VIEW
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Secret Turkey Lurk (1:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Activate Turkey Power (2:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Who Are You Calling Turkey? (2:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Tracking Turkeys (7:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Wild Turkey - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Galliformes - Turkeys, Pheasants, Quails - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior -  Anseriformes - Ducks, Geese, Swans, Screamers - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Turkey Talk (Available in Spanish) (2:38) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -Turkeys' Basic Instincts (Available in Spanish) (3:27) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth (10:56) - VIEW 

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