Paper Airplanes, Dorothea Lange, Martin Luther, and Sally Ride- May 26
Learning Potpourri
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Today is Blueberry Cheesecake Day, Cherry Desert Day, World Lindy Hop Day, National Paper Airplane Day, Sally Ride Day, World Red Head Day, and World Dracula Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Paper Airplanes, Dorothea Lange, Martin Luther, Sally Ride, and Memorial Day
ON THIS DATE
- 1521 - Martin Luther is declared an outlaw and his writings are banned by the Diet of Worms.
- 1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote.
- 1896 - Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Russia.
- 1897 - Bram Stoker's Dracula is published.
- 1967 - The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
- 1883 - Singer and actor Mamie Smith
- 1886 - Singer and actor Al Jolson
- 1895 - Photographer Dorothea Lange
- 1907 - Actor John Wayne
- 1912 - Actor Jay Silverheels
- 1940 - Singer-songwriter and drummer Levon Helm
- 1948 - Singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks
- 1949 - Actor Pam Grier
- 1951 - Astronaut Sally Ride
- 1964 - Singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz
- 1966 - English actor Helena Bonham Carter
- 1971 - Animator, screenwriter, director, and producer Matt Stone
- 1975 - Singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill
- The Band - The Weight - LISTEN
- Fleetwood Mac - Landslide - LISTEN
- Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away - LISTEN
- Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Sesame Street - What a Piece of Paper (1:44) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Make a Straw Paper Airplane - DO
- Grades K-4 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Make a Paper Airplane To Fly Like a Draco - DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Dragonfly TV - Model Airplanes (8:53) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - Paper Airplane Science (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - Learn How to Fold a Record-breaking Paper Airplane (6:47) - VIEW and DO
THEME: Dorothea Lange
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Picturing America - Dorothea Lange (4:12) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange (3:23) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - American Life in the Great Depression - Teaching with Primary Sources - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Dorothea Lange- Part One: Under the Trees (28:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Dorothea Lange- Part Two: The Closer to Me (28:24) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Martin Luther and the Reformation Media Gallery - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course World History - Luther and the Protestant Reformation (15:06) - VIEW
THEME: Sally Ride
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