Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockefeller - July 8

Monday, July 8, 2024

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
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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

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

POV - Is There Anybody Out There?
Monday, 7/08 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining wonders if there is anyone who can share the experience of living in a body like hers. This simple question - one which non-disabled people take for granted, leads to a journey to not only others who live like her - but to the realization that meeting them changes how she views herself in the world, as well as many surprises along the way. POV Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET - La Forza Del Destino 
Monday, 7/08 from 12-3:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts Verdi's grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendetta, and family strife. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Jaybird/Dayglow
Monday, 7/08 from 3:30-430 pm NH EXPLORE
Enjoy a pair of up-and-coming, Austin-based singer/songwriters with Jade Bird and Dayglow. The UK-born Bird plays tunes from her album Different Kinds of Light. Sloan Struble, AKA Dayglow, performs cuts from his LP Harmony House. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Writing With Fire
Monday, 7/08 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

JANE ADDAMS - TOGETHER WE RISE: AMERICAN STORIES
Monday, 7/08 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Jane Addams, born into wealth and privilege, became intrigued by social reform after visiting a settlement house in London's impoverished East End. An inheritance made it possible for her to bring that concept to Chicago with the creation of Hull House in 1889.

LOCAL USA - Against the Current
Monday, 7/08 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
The residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore, like many coastal towns, are subject to rising sea waters and the challenges it has on their lives and livelihood. Through resilience and perseverance, they learn to co-exist and celebrate their rural home. How can this community shed light on conversations happening around these issues of climate change? LOCAL USA Streaming Video

LINCOLN SCHOOL STORY 
Monday, 7/08 from 9-9:30 pm NH WORLD
In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, school districts nationwide were mandated to integrate. But when African American mothers in Hillsboro, Ohio, tried to enroll their children in the local, historically white schools, the school board refused to comply. Five mothers and their children took the school board to court.

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