Towers - March 31

Building Big Learning

Monday, March 31, 2025

Today is Cesar Chavez Day, Dance Marathon Day, Eiffel Tower Day, Bunsen Burner Day, and Crayon Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Towers

Women's History Resource of the Day: PBS NewsHour - Maya Lin - Architect Helps Museum Tell Larger Story of Asian Americans

ON THIS DATE

1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1774 - Great Britain orders the port of Boston closed.
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
1918 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1933 - The Civilian Conservation Corps is established.
1943 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway.
1945 - "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams opens on Broadway.
1949 - Newfoundland becomes the 10th Canadian province.
1968 - President Johnson announces he will not run for another term of office.
1995 - Singer Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldívar

BIRTHDAYS

1596 - French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes
1732 - Austrian pianist and composer Joseph Haydn
1809 - Russian writer Nikolai Gogol
1927 - Union leader Cesar Chavez
1940 - Vermont politician Patrick Leahy
1843 - Actor Christopher Walken
1944 - Maine politician Angus King
1948 - Former Vice President Al Gore
1955 - Australian musician Angus Young

SONGS OF THE DAY

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower- LISTEN
XTC - Towers of London - LISTEN
Selena - La Carcacha - LISTEN
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice (ft. Christopher Walken) - LISTEN
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - LISTEN

THEME: TOWERS

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rapunzel is Stuck in a Tower (4:18) - VIEW
Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Cat in the Hat - The Secret of a Good Tower (2:02) - VIEW
Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Analyzing its Geometry and Energy Efficiency -Treasures of New York: "Hearst Tower" (2:40) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - The First Escape from the Tower of London (3:47) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America - Skyscraper (7:48) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Digital Engineering: Planning the Leadenhall Building (7:41) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Building Safe Buildings: Pouring Concrete at the World Trade Center (8:09) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Overcoming Design Problems: The Leadenhall Building (4:55) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Picturing America - The Chrysler Building (5:23) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Making North America - Geology of the Manhattan Skyline (4:49) - VIEW, READ, DO

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