Bees and Amelia Earhart - May 20

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Today is Eliza Doolittle Day, Josephine Baker Day, Be a Millionaire Day, Quiche Lorraine Day, National Rescue Dog Day, Weights and Measures Day, World Bee Day, and World Metrology Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Bees and Amelia Earhart

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1775 –The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

ON THIS DATE

325 - The First Council of Nicaea is opened. (Frontline - From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1) (1:51:05) - VIEW
1570 - Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
1609- Shakespeare's sonnets are published in London.
1861 - North Carolina votes to secede from the Union.
1862 - President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84 million acres of public land to settlers.
1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1902 - Cuba gains independence from the United States.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932 - Amelia Earhart begins the first solo nonstop flight by a female pilot across the Atlantic Ocean, taking off from Newfoundland and landing in Ireland.
1960 - A white mob attacks a busload of "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama.
1971 - The album "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye is released.
1993 - The final episode of "Cheers" airs on NBC.

BIRTHDAYS

1768 - First Lady Dolley Madison
1799 - French author Honoré de Balzac
1825 - 1st ordained mainstream protestant female minister, Antoinette Brown Blackwell.
1908 - Actor Jimmy Stewart
1944 - English singer-songwriter Joe Cocker
1946 - Singer-songwriter and actor Cher
1972 - Rapper and actor Busta Rhymes

SONGS OF THE DAY

Joni Mitchell - Amelia - LISTEN
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - LISTEN
Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful - LISTEN
Cher - Believe - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY

Naomi Shihab Nye - Bees Were Better

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
NHPBS LearningMedia - Asian Americans Collection

THEME: Bees

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - B is for Bees (1:39) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Bees (5:21) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Baby Bear and Bees (1:47) - VIEW
Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Follow That Bee (2:48) - VIEW
Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - What's the Buzz about Bees? Collection - VIEW
Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Wild TV - Bees (5:08) - VIEW and DO
Grades 4-12 - Reactions - How Do Bees Make Honey? (2:25) - VIEW
Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Disappearance of the Bees - What's the Impact? (5:31) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Bounty of Bees (3:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Lens of Time - Bumper Bees (5:52) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Are the Bees Dying? (4:01) - VIEW
Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - My Garden of a Thousand Bees (53:13) - VIEW

THEME: Amelia Earhart

Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Amelia Earhart Coloring Sheet - DO
Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Amelia Earhart Biosheet - READ
Grades 3-7 - PBS Learning Media - Amelia Earhart- Aviator, Record-breaker, and Activist Video (Available in Spanish) (4:00) - VIEW
Grades 3-8 - PBS Learning Media - Amelia Earhart- Aviator, Record-breaker, and Activist Lesson Plan - DO
Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Fly Girls: Women in Aerospace (29:59) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Amelia Earhart (8:39) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - I Think I'd Like to Fly - Amelia Earhart (0:48) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Images of the Past - Finding Amelia (27:19) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - WLRN History - Amelia Earhart's Last Flight (3:13) - VIEW

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