Spinach, Gerrymandering, and Robert Frost - March 26
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Today is Live Long And Prosper Day, National Spinach Day, Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, and National Nougat Day.
Women's History Month Resource of the Day: American Experience - Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Spinach, Gerrymandering, and Robert Frost
ON THIS DATE
- 1169 - Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
- 1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1812 - A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts.
- 1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh.
- 1979 - The Camp David Peace Accords are signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.
- 1633 - British artist Mary Beale
- 1859 - English poet A. E. Housman
- 1874 - Poet Robert Frost
- 1911 - Playwright Tennessee Williams
- 1925 - NH politician and acting governor Vesta Roy
- 1930 -Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
- 1931 - Actor Leonard Nimoy
- 1934 - Actor Alan Arkin
- 1940 - Politician Nancy Pelosi
- 1943 - Journalist and author Bob Woodward
- 1944 - Singer and actor Diana Ross
- 1948 - Singer-songwriter Steven Tyler
- 1950 - Actor Martin Short
- 1985 - English actor Keira Knightley
- Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Glowing Spinach (3:04) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Hydroponic Spinach (5:32) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS Food - Spinach Recipes - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. (10:33) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? (5:17) - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering (7:54) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer (25:30) - VIEW
- Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head (57:24) - VIEW, READ and DO
- Grades K-12 - Robert Frost Farm - Teacher's Resources - READ and DO
- Grades K- 6 - Robert Frost Farm - Kids' Page - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - Poetry Foundation - Robert Frost - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Poems from the Field: Harvest (5:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Poetry In America - Mending Wall by Robert Frost (25:21) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - Academy of American Poets - Robert Frost - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Robert Frost Inscribed Books (1:37) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS Presents - Robert Frost: In the Country of Milk and Honey (26:14) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Voices and Visions - Robert Frost (58:53) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NEWSHOUR - What We’ve Gotten Wrong About this Robert Frost Classic (5:21) - VIEW
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - The Cancer Detectives
Tuesday, 3/26 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists known as cyto-screeners. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video
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IDEPENDENT LENS - Matter of Mind: My ALS
Tuesday, 3/26 from 2-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease with an average survival time of 2-5 years from diagnosis. In this intimate story, three people bravely face different paths as they live with the progressively debilitating illness. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
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SECRETS OF THE SURFACE: THE MATHEMATICAL VISION OF MARYAM MIRZAKHANI
Tuesday, 3/26 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Iranian immigrant Maryam Mirzakhani, prior to her untimely death at age 40, became both the first woman and the first Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics. SECRETS OF THE SURFACE: THE MATHEMATICAL VISION OF MARYAM MIRZAKHANI Streaming Video
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