Blueberries and E.B. White - July 11
Picking Some Great Learning
Friday, July 11, 2025
Today is Cheer Up the Lonely Day, Bowdler's Day, Make Your Sundae Day, World Population Day, Blueberry Muffin Day, Mojito Day, National Swimming Pool Day, Pet Photo Day, and Worldwide Art Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Blueberries and E.B. White
ON THIS DATE
- 1533 - England's King Henry VIII is excommunicated.
- 1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps is created.
- 1804 - Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
- 1914 - Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut at Fenway Park as a pitcher for the Red Sox.
- 1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published,
- 1995 - The U.S. normalizes relations with Vietnam.
- 1274 - Scottish King Robert I, the Bruce
- 1767- President John Quincy Adams
- 1899 - Author E. B. White
- 1920 - Actor Yul Brynner
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - LISTEN- Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton At the White House Poetry Jam 2009 - LISTEN
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado - GO
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
NHPBS Video - Ice Cream Sundae Recipe - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Leon Redbone sings "Blueberry Mouth" (2:21) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Blueberry's Clubhouse Series - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Make Blueberry Milk (Available in Spanish) (2:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Elizabeth White: The Woman Who Invented the Blueberry (1:27) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Super Fruit Scenario (6:00) - VIEW and DO
THEME: E.B. WHITE
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - The Friday Zone - The Creeps (28:46) - VIEW
- Grades 2-6- NHPBS Video - Rainbow Readers - Charlotte's Web Book Review (0:39) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - ReadWriteThink - E.B. White - READ and DO
- Grades 4-7 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Great American Read - The Message of Charlotte's Web (1:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Great KTCA Readathon - Charlotte's Web (6:36) - VIEW
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