Movies - June 6
Lights, Camera, Action Learning
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Today is D-Day, National Drive-In Movie Day, National Yoyo Day, Higher Education Da, and Russian Language Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Movies
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ON THIS DATE
- 1844 - The YMCA is founded in London.
- 1889 - The Great Seattle Fire destroys downtown Seattle.
- 1933 - The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
- 1944 - The D-Day invasion of Normandy begins when Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France.
- 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
- 1755 - Revolutionary War soldier and spy Nathan Hale
- 1756 - Painter and architect John Trumbull
- 1799 - Russian author and poet Alexander Pushkin
- 1925 - Poet and NH resident Maxine Kumin
- 1944 - Sprinter Tommie Smith
- 1956 - Swedish tennis player Björn Borg
- The Village People - YMCA - LISTEN
- The Drifters - Saturday Night at the Movies - LISTEN
- The Kinks - Groovy Movies - LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Kratts Creatures - The Tiger Shark - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Grover at the Movies (1:43) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Movie and TV Show Parodies - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Frontline - Generation Like - Promoting Movies (5:59) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Is This Really 3D? (5:02) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course: Artificial Intelligence - Make a Movie Recommendation System (14:33) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Origins of Everything - How a Spy Changed Horror Movies (10:52) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Origins of Everything - Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies? (6:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Lit - When the Book is Better than the Movie (5:28) - VIEW
NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options
AMAZING HUMAN BODY - Learn
Thursday, 6/06 from 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD
See how experience shapes the brain and body together, allowing them to adapt to the outside environment and develop new skills. Plus, learn how the brain forms memories by storing and processing billions of pieces of information every second. AMAZING HUMAN BODY Streaming Video
AMERICA REFRAMED - From Here
Thursday, 6/06 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
"Where are you really from?" Inspired by a young generation's creative response to this loaded question, FROM HERE follows artists and activists from immigrant families coming of age in an era of rising xenophobia and political turmoil. Set in New York and Berlin, the film shows them create families, fight for citizenship, make art, and forge identities while redefining what it means to belong. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video
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