Magic - March 24
Abracadabra Learning
Monday, March 24, 2025
Today is Cheesesteak Day, Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, National Cocktail Day, and Tuberculosis Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: MAGIC
Women's History Resource the Day: PBS NewsHour - The Career of Chien-Shiung Wu, the ‘First Lady of Physics’
ON THIS DATE
- 1765 - Great Britain passes the Quartering Act requires colonists to house British troops.
- 1958 - Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
- 1973 - "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd is released.
- 1989 - The supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground and spills 240,000 barrels of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska, the
- 1993 - Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
- 2002 - Halle Berry becomes the first African-American performer to win a best actress Oscar, for "Monster's Ball."
- 1808 - Spanish opera singer Maria Malibran
- 1820 - Poet and composer Fanny Crosby
- 1826 - Activist and author Matilda Joslyn Gage
- 1874 - Magician and Escape Artist Harry Houdini
- 1883 - Golfer Dorothy Campbell
- 1911 - Animator and producer Joseph Barbera
- 1912 - Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height
- 1920 - Children's author Mary Stolz
- 1930 - Actor Steve McQueen
- 1940 - Fashion designer Bob Mackie
- 1946 - Stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil
- 1951 - Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger
- 1973 - Actor Jim Parsons
- 1976 - Football player Peyton Manning
The Drifters - This Magic Moment - LISTEN
Santana - Black Magic Woman - LISTEN
America - You Can Do Magic - LISTEN
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - LISTEN
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra - LISTEN
Lady GaGa - Abracadabra - LISTEN
Pippin - Ben Vereen - Magic to Do - LISTEN
- Grades: PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Just like Magic with Sara Bareilles and Abby Cadabby (1:50 - VIEW and SING
- Grades: PreK-2 - Peg + Cat- Magical Shape Hunt Game - DO
- Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Harry Houdini Reader - READ and DO
- Grades: 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Math Mess- Math Magic (1:38) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Family Math- Math Card Tricks - DO and AMAZE
- Grades: 3-6 - ReadWriteThink - The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick - Writing Lesson Plans - READ and DO
- Grades: 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Houdini Gallery - VIEW
- Grades: 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA - Magic and the Brain (4:10) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - American Experience - Houdini - The Man Behind the Myth - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Univesity Place - Houdini and the Cult of Celebrity (59:09) - VIEW
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