Vietnam War and Pianos - March 29

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Today is Mermaid Day, Piano Day, Lemon Chiffon Cake Day, Vietnam Veterans Day, and Brothers' and Sisters' Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Vietnam War and Pianos

Women's History Month Resource: Vietnam Women’s Memorial 30th Anniversary

ON THIS DATE

• 1886 -  John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• 1961 - The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• 1973 - The last U.S. troops leave South Vietnam.
• 1974 - Terracotta Army is discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1790 - 10th President of the U.S. John Tyler
• 1867 - Baseball pitcher Cy Young
• 1918 - Singer Pearl Bailey
• 1918 - Businessman Sam Walton
• 1943 - English comedian Eric Idle

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Eric Idle - Always Look at the Bright Side of Life - LISTEN
• Pearl Baily - If They Could See Me Now - LISTEN
  

THEME:  VIETNAM WAR

• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching the Vietnam War - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam Veterans Memorial (49:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam on the Homefront - Talking Vietnam in Their High School Halls (5:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Last Days in Vietnam Collection - VIEW and LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam - The Draft (9:35) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The Vietnam War Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media -American Experience - Escalation of the Vietnam War by LBJ (5:06) - VIEW and DO

THEME:  PIANOS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Super Grover 2.0: Pulleys - (6:51)  VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit  - Beethoven's Emperor Concerto (10:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Curious Crew - Piano Science (26:45) - VIEW
• Grades 5-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Piano Tuning and Balancing Equations (7:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit -Profile: Euntaek Kim, Piano, and Performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy (27:36)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Jazz Performance: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good ) (4:21) - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

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