Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockefeller - July 8

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Today is Be A Kid Again Day, Coca-Cola Day, Math 2.0 Day, Freezer Pop Day, Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day, Town Criers Day, and Ice Cream Sundae Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockefeller

ON THIS DATE

1776 - Colonel John Nixon gives the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Square in Philadelphia.
2010 - LeBron James announces he is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.
2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.

BIRTHDAYS

1839 - Oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller
1908 - Politician and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
1951 - Actor Anjelica Huston
1958 - Actor Kevin Bacon
1970 - Musician Beck

SONG OF THE DAY

Beck - Where It's At - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Badlands, South Dakota - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Explore the Delicious History of Ice Cream - READ

THEME: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street -Thomas Jefferson Needs a Quill (4:19) - VIEW
Grades K-5 - EDSITEment - Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence Lesson - DO
Grades 2-5 - Liberty Kids - The First Fourth (23:17) - VIEW
Grades 5-12 - Mission US Interactive Games - DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Declaration of Independence (1776) and Resource Materials - READ and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -Thomas Jefferson - Drafting the Declaration of Independence (3:38) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - National Archive - Declaration of Independence: A Transcription - READ

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Grades 6-8 - EDSITEment - The Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry - DO
Grades 6-12- NHPBS learning Media - American Experience - Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Senior - READ
Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Rockefellers - Chapter One (9:37) - VIEW

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