Mothers and Shrimp - May 10

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Today is Mother's Day, Clean Up Your Room Day, and Shrimp Day. 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Today's Theme: Mothers and Shrimp

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

• 1773 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act.
• 1775 - Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga.
• 1775 - The Second Continental Congress begins in Philadelphia.

ON THIS DATE

• 1773 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act.
• 1774 - Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 1775 - Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga.
• 1775 - The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• 1849 - At least 22 people are killed, and 120 are injured when a riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in New York City, in what became known as the  Astor Place Riot.
• 1869 - A golden spike was driven at  Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
• 1872 - Suffragist Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to run for President of the United States.
• 1908 -  Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 1940 - Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following Neville Chamberlain's resignation.
• 1962 -  Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. 
• 1994 -  Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1838 - Actor and assassin John Wilkes Booth
• 1899 - Actor and dancer Fred Astaire
• 1902 - Director David O. Selznick
• 1909 - Musician Maybelle Carter
• 1919 - Politician and Connecticut governor Ella Grasso
• 1946 - Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan
• 1960 - Irish singer-songwriter Bono
• 1963 - Astronaut Lisa Nowak

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles - Julia - LISTEN
  
• Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come - LISTEN
• Taylor Swift - The Best Day - LISTEN
• Patsy Cline - Always (by Irving Berlin) -LISTEN
• Carter Family - Wildwood Flower - LISTEN
• U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - LISTEN
• Donovan - Mellow Yellow - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY
Nikki Giovanni - Mothers

THEME: Mothers

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mother's Day Song - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Mom - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mom and Me - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rotten Grouchy Mother's Day - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Mother's Day - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - Anna Jarvis and the History of Mother's Day - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Mother Knows Best - VIEW and DO

THEME:  Shrimp

• Grades K-2 - Nature Cat - Fairy Shrimp (3:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - The Search for Shrimp (4:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Shrimpy Chris (4:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - Sea Grant Louisiana - The Life of a Shrimp Lesson - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Skeleton Shrimp Use 18 Appendages to Feed, Fight, and Frolic (4:38) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Indie Alaska - The Shrimp Whisperer (4:18) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Shrimp Raves Raise Awareness of An Endangered Species (3:35) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Scientist Recreate the Punch of the Mantis Shrimp in a Robot (3:36) - VIEW

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