Frederick Law Olmsted, Chernobyl, and Trees - April 26
Parks, Trees, and Disasters
Friday, April 26, 2024
Today is Alien Day, Arbor Day, Audubon Day, Hug a Friend Day, Hug an Australian Day, Pretzel Day, Static Cling Day, Richter Scale Day, and Intellectual Property Day.
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Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Frederick Law Olmsted, Chernobyl, and Trees
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ON THIS DATE
- 1777 - 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles to warn American colonial forces that the British were coming.
- 1803 - Thousands of meteor fragments fall on L'Aigle, France.
- 1865 - Union cavalry troops corner and kill John Wilkes Booth.
- 1937 - Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
- 1986 - A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine in the Soviet Union.
- 2000 - Vermont Governor Howard Dean signs the first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
- 121 - Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius
- 1785 - Ornithologist and painter John James Audubon
- 1822 - Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
- 1862 - Painter Edmund C. Tarbell
- 1866 - Singer Ma Rainey
- 1888 - Screenwriter and playwright Anita Loos
- 1898 - Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre
- 1900 - Seismologist and physicist Charles Francis Richter
- 1914 - Novelist Bernard Malamud
- 1917 - Architect I. M. Pei
- 1933 - Actor Carol Burnett
- 1946 - Poet and author Marilyn Nelson
- 1970 - Former First Lady Melania Trump
- Jay Wright - The Lake in Central Park
- Meena Alexander - Central Park, Carousel
- Marilyn Nelson - How I Discovered Poetry
- Joyce Kilmer - Trees
THEME: Frederick Law Olmsted
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America Clips - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing Western New York (26:39) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Olmsted's 'Parks for the People' (28:34) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Discover the Emerald Necklace (26:47) - VIEW
THEME: Chernobyl
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Building Chernobyl’s MegaTomb: Engineering a Safe Confinement Structure Media Gallery - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - On Story - On Writing Chernobyl (26:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Why Chernobyl is Suddenly a Hotspot for Global Tourists (7:21) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - The Impact of Chernobyl's Nuclear Disaster 33 Years Later (4:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Building Chernobyl's MegaTomb (52:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - From Wilderness to Wilderness (4:20) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Building Chernobyl’s MegaTomb - Protecting Workers from Gamma Radiation (1:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Chernobyl Event: An Update at 35 Years (56:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Frontline - Nuclear Reaction: Meltdown (2:07) - VIEW and DO
THEME: Trees
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Tree Fashion Report with Ernie (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cameron Diaz Talks Trees with Grover (2:34) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Nature Cat - Let's Celebrate Trees (1:26) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - Dinosaur Train - Planting Trees (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Hooray It's Arbor Day (12:05) - VIEW
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Tree Truths Media Gallery - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change? (10:44) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - What Would Trees Look Like on Other Planets? (8:51) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Do Trees Talk? (5:27) - VIEW
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GREAT PERFORMANCES - Now Hear This: Old Friends
Friday, 4/26 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Explore how virtuosos become maestros and discover their guiding principles through host Scott Yoo's long friendships with Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Richard Kogan, and violinist Lynn Chang. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video
ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW
Friday, 4/26 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Join actor John Lithgow as he goes back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. Immersing himself with teachers and students, he explores four disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing, and vocal jazz ensemble. ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW Streaming Video
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