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