Chocolate and Bread - July 7

Food for Thought Learning

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Today is Tell the Truth Day, Global Forgiveness Day, Macaroni Day, Father & Daughter Take a Walk Day, Strawberry Sundae Day, and World Chocolate Day.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1777 – American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Chocolate and Bread

ON THIS DATE

1863 - The U.S. begins its first military draft.
1898 - President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory.
1928 - The Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri sells the first sliced bread.
1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

BIRTHDAYS

1860 - Composer Gustav Mahler
1899 - Director and producer George Cukor
1906 - Baseball player Satchel Paige
1907 - Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein
1933 - Historian and author David McCullough
1940 - English musician Ringo Starr

SONGS OF THE DAY

Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy - LISTEN
Gustav Mahler - Piano Quartet in A Minor - LISTEN
Bread - It Don't Matter To Me - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY

Barbara Guest - Eating Chocolate Ice Cream: Reading Mayakovsky

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Bryce Canyon, Utah - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Daniel Tiger - Picking an Ice Cream Flavor - VIEW

THEME: CHOCOLATE

Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Sesame Street: Professor Cookie Subtracts (3:46) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Chocolate Factory (8:58) - VIEW and DO
Grade 3 - PBS LearningMedia - Melty Chocolate - READ, VIEW, and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth and Sky Podcast - Lyndel Meinhardt Is Searching for Heartier Chocolate in the Rainforest (7:59) - LISTEN
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Is Fear of Ebola Driving Up the Price of Chocolate? (7:14) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Serving Up Science - 100% Dark Chocolate: Bitter or Best Ever? (7:30) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Is White Chocolate Actually Chocolate? (2:56) - VIEW

THEME: BREAD

Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia -Let's Share a Story: "Fry Bread" (12:24) - VIEW
Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Imagination Moment: Baking Banana Bread (2:21) - VIEW and DO
Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Bunny Bread (1:00) - VIEW and DO
Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - Making Bread (4:00) - VIEW
Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Reading Rainbow - Bread is For Eating (12:55) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - Secrets of Sourdough (8:04) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sourdough Bread is a Microbial Mystery (6:23) - VIEW

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