Friday, May 31, 2024
Today is National Macaroon Day, National Smile Day, World Parrot Day, and World Otter Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Tulsa Race Massacre and Fire and Otters
Watch
ON THIS DATE
- 1790 - The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
- 1889 - A dam break floods Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing over 2,000.
- 1911 - The RMS Titanic is launched.
1913 - The 17th Amendment, allowing for the popular election of U.S. senators, goes into effect. - 1921 - The Tulsa race massacre kills up to 300.
- 1990 - The sitcom Seinfeld premieres
- 2005 - Former FBI official Mark Felt is identified as Deepthroat.
- 2017 - President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe."
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It - LISTEN
- Run DMC - It's Tricky -LISTEN
- Led Zepplin - When The Levee Breaks - LISTEN
THEME: The Tulsa Race Massacre and Fire
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - The Tulsa Massacre’s Effects on the Black Community 100 Years Later (6:48) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Art is Retelling the Powerful Stories of the Tulas Massacre (7:15) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Tulsa Revisited Special (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten (1:24:44) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Panel Discussion (57:57) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later (59:00) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Black Issues Forum - Remembering Tulsa and Investing for Racial Equity (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Black Journal - Juneteenth/The Tulsa Race Massacre (23:55) -VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Goin' Back to T-Town (53:28) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - Tulsa Race Massacre Research Guide - READ
- Grades 7-12 - Oklahoma Libraries - Tulsa Race Massacre - READ
- Grades 7-12 - National Endowments for the Humanities - Tulsa Race Massacre - READ
- Grades 7-12 - C-Span - Tulsa Race Massacre Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NY Times - Teaching About the Tulsa Race Massacre - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - Tulsa Historical Society and Museum - Tulsa Race Massacre - VIEW, READ, LISTEN
- Grades 7-12 - National Museum of African American History - Tulsa Objects - EXPLORE
THEME: Otters
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dance Like an Otter (1:02) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - Monterey Bay Aquarium Learn At Home Free Class - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - Sea Otters - Monterey Bay Aquarium - READ and VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Otter Power - (2:06) VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - River Otters vs. Sea Otters (7:00) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Cyberchase - Sea Otters, Kelp, and Urchins (2:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Monterey Bay Aquarium - Sea Otter Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonFly TV - Otters (7:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sea Otters vs. Climate Change (7:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - The Urchin and the Otter (6:49) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A Sea Otter's Adorable Adoption Story (6:54) - VIEW
WATCH
NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options
GREAT PERFORMANCES - Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things
Friday, 5/31 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers in a star-studded concert featuring Aaron Tveitt, Patrick Wilson, and more performing from shows like "Carousel," "South Pacific," "The King and I," "The Sound of Music" and more. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video
GURU NANAK: THE FOUNDER OF SIKHISM
Friday, 5/31 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
The life story of the 15th century teacher and revolutionary activist from Punjab, India who founded the Sikh faith - the world's fifth largest religion and how he inspires people today.