Bond, James Bond and Espionage, and Whooping Cranes- May 28

Shaken Not Stirred Learning

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Today is Amnesty International Day, International Hamburger Day, Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day, National Brisket Day, and Whooping Crane Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Today's Theme: Bond, James Bond and Espionage, and Whooping Cranes

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1783 – A Great Jubilee Day was held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrating the end of the War.

ON THIS DATE

1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act.
1892 - John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany
1977 - 165 people die in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire In Southgate, Kentucky. New Hampshire resident, singer John Davidson, was the headliner that night.
1999 - After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is put back on display in Milan, Italy.

BIRTHDAYS

1140 - Chinese Poet and general Xin Qiji
1888 - Multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe
1908 - English author Ian Fleming
1910 - Singer-songwriter and blues guitarist T-Bone Walker
1944 - Politician Rudy Giuliani
1944 - Singer-songwriter Gladys Knight
1945 - Singer-songwriter John Fogerty
1968 - Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue

SONGS OF THE DAY

Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man - LISTEN
T-Bone Walker - Jazz at the Philharmonic - LISTEN
Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia - LISTEN
John Fogerty - Centerfield - LISTEN
Kylie Minogue - The Loco-motion - LISTEN
Billie Eilish - No Time to Die - LISTEN
Paul McCartney and Wings - Live and Let Die - LISTEN
Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY
May Swenson - The James Bond Movie

THEME: Bond, James Bond and Espionage

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Spy Who Loved Cookies (007 Parody) (5:15) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - Dr. No (3:28) - VIEW
Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Spy Planes: Eyes in the Sky (28:02) - VIEW
Grades 3-12 - International Spy Museum - READ and VIEW
Grades 3-12 - CIA - Spy Kids - READ, VIEW, and DO
Grades 4-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Cyberchase - Bianca the Spy (3:31) - VIEW and DO
Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - SciTech Now - The Spy Penguins (5:55) - VIEW and Do
Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War: Culper Code Book - READ and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Rebel: Loreta Velazquez Civil War Soldier and Spy (3:30) - VIEW, READ, and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Origins of Everything - How a Spy Changed Horror Movies (10:52) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - The James Bond Phenomenon (1:01:05) - VIEW

THEME: Whooping Cranes

Grades 4-12 - Smithsonian's National Zoo - Whooping Cranes - READ
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Discovering Alabama - Whooping Cranes (28:02) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Local Routes - Behind the Scenes at the Saint Marks Whooping Crane Pen (4:49) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - In Wisconsin - Whooping Cranes (5:50) - VIEW

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