Boats, the Korean War, George Orwell, and Anne Frank - June 25

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Today is National Strawberry Parfait Day, National Catfish Day, Day of The Seafarer, Global Beatles Day, and Color TV Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Boats, the Korean War, George Orwell, and Anne Frank
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ON THIS DATE

• 1876 -. Lt. Col. George Custer and the 7th Calvary are defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.
• 1910 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premieres in Paris
• 1947 - The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
• 1950 - The Korean War begins when North Korea invades South Korea.
• 1967 - The Beatles perform  "All You Need Is Love" in a live international telecast.
• 1984 - Prince's album Purple Rain is released.
• 1993 - Kim Campbell becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1903 - Author George Orwell
• 1924 - Director Sidney Lumet 
• 1961 - Actor Ricky Gervais

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Beatles - All You Need Is Love - LISTEN
• Prince - Purple Rain - LISTEN
  
• David Bowie - 1984 - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Deep Ocean Volcanoes - VIEW

THEME: BOATS

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Murray Experiment: Boat (2:40) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Explore a Fishing Boat (3:34) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The New Row Row Row Your Boat Song (4:27) - VIEW
• Grades PreK -NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep and the Big Wide World - Making Boats (1:27) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-8 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Fetch - Funny Boat (5:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Design Squad Nation - How Is Force Used to Steer a Boat? (1:08) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Milk Carton Boat (6:47) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Making Boats Fly (Available in Spanish) (4:14) - VIEW, READ, and DO

KOREAN WAR

• Grades 4-12 - National Park Service - Korean War Veterans Memorial - READ and VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters -Ted Williams in the Korean War (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - We'll Meet Again - Korean War Brothers in Arms (55:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Korean War Media Gallery - VIEW and READ
• Grades 7-12  - NHPBS LearningMedia - Korea: The Never-Ending War Collection - VIEW, READ, and DO

GEORGE ORWELL

• Grades 6-12 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Great American Read - 1984 (4:51)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NY Times - Teaching Orwell and ’1984’ With The New York Times - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grade 9-12 - EDSITEment - Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion - READ and DO

ANNE FRANK

• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank - Inspiring Middle School Literacy - DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Dialogue - Honoring Anne Frank (28:54) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Anne Frank Remembered (28:52) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece - The Diary of Anne Frank 1: A Difficult Situation (1:21) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank 2: Annes Birthday (1:32) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank 3: The Suffering of Millions (1:53) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank - Life in Hiding Media Gallery - READ, VIEW, DO

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