J.R.R. Tolkien - March 25
Learning in the Shire
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Today is Greek Independence Day, Waffle Day, Pecan Day, Seward's Day, and Tolkien Reading Day.
Women's History Month Resource of the Day: American Masters - Searching for Augusta Savage
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: J.R.R. Tolkien
ON THIS DATE
- 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots.
- 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
- 1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- 1911 - In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. (American Experience - Triangle Fire Resources)
- 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- 1957 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
- 1965 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
- 1745 - Naval officer and "Father of the American Navy" John Barry
- 1826 - Women's rights advocate Matilda Gage
- 1867 - Cellist and conductor Arturo Toscanini
- 1881 - Hungarian pianist and composer Béla Bartók
- 1925 - Writer Flannery O'Connor (American Masters - Flannery)
- 1928 - Astronaut Jim Lovell
- 1934 - Feminist Gloria Steinem (PBS Newshour Story)
- 1942 - Singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin
- 1947 - Singer-songwriter Elton John
- 1965 - Actor Sarah Jessica Parker
- 1967 - Skater and physician Debi Thomas
- 1971 - Basketball player and coach Sheryl Swoopes
- 1982 - Racecar driver Danica Patrick
Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore - LISTEN- Led Zeppelin - Ramble On - LISTEN
Arturo Toscanini - Conducting Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries - LISTEN Aretha Franklin - Say a Little Prayer - LISTEN Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - LISTEN
- Grades: PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Lord of the Crumbs (5:13) -VIEW
- Grades: 3-12 - BRAINPOP - Educator Resources for J. R. R. Tolkien - VIEW and DO
- Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - Rainbow Readers - Review of the Hobbit (1:03) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Great American Read - George R.R. Martin Discusses Lord of the Rings (4:01) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Lit - The Constructed Languages of J.R.R. Tolkien (14:17) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - ReadWriteThink - Tolkien Resources - DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - J.R.R. Tolkien in Wisconsin (41:48) - VIEW
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