Salamanders and Gerrymandering - July 17

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Today is Peach Ice Cream Day, Tattoo Day, World Emoji Day, and National Hot Dog 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: Salamanders and  Gerrymandering
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ON THIS DATE

• 1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States.
• 1917 -  The British royal family changes its name from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor.
• '1945 - Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and  Minister Winston Churchill began meeting at Potsdam.
• 1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
• 1981 - 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured when a walkway collapses at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1744 - Politician and vice president Elbridge Gerry
• 1763 - Businessman and philanthropist  - John Jacob Astor
• 1898 - Photographer Berenice Abbott
• 1899 - Actor James Cagney
• 1917 - Comedian Phyllis Diller
• 1921 - Guitarist Mary Osborne
• 1921 - Baseball player Toni Stone
• 1935 - Actor ad singer Diahann Carroll
• 1935 - Canadian actor Donald Sutherland
• 1947 - Queen Camilla of the UK
• 1950 - Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow
• 1954 - Former German Chancellor and politician Angela Merkel

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy - LISTEN
• Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man - LISTEN
  
• Mary Osborne - I Surrender Dear - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Food - Peach Melba - MAKE

THEME: SALAMANDERS

• Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Up Close and Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders (13:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts  - Fire Salamander (2:59) -  VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Small Creatures/Large Lessons (7:13)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Caudata - Salamanders, Newts, Mudpuppies - READ
• Grades 6-9 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander (5:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Deadpool Salamander That Can Regrow Limbs (7:16) - VIEW

THEME: GERRYMANDERING

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Gerrymandering and Partisan Politics in the U.S. (10:33) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Gerrymandering: Is Geometry Silencing Your Vote? (5:17) - VIEW, READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Government and Politics - Gerrymandering (7:54) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Socal Connected - Divide and Conquer (25:30) - VIEW
• Grades 10-12 -NH PBS LearningMedia - GerryRIGGED: Turning Democracy on Its Head (57:24)- VIEW, READ and DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

PBS NEWS SPECIAL - THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Wednesday, 7/17 from 8-10 pm NHPBS
 Live coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, co-anchored by News Hour's Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett.

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

OLYMPIC PRIDE, AMERICAN PREJUDICE 
Wednesday, 7/17 from 3-4:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Set against the strained and turbulent atmosphere of a racially divided America, this film follows 16 men and two women before, during, and after their heroic turn of events at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. They represented a country that considered them second-class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet for them despite an undercurrent of Aryan superiority and antisemitism.

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

ICONIC AMERICA: OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES - The Golden Gate Bridge
Wednesday, 7/17 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
The Golden Gate Bridge is an engineering marvel that symbolizes America's can-do spirit. Explore if America can continue to execute bold and ambitious infrastructure projects in the 21st century. ICONIC AMERICA Streaming Video

PRESERVING DEMOCRACY: PURSUING A MORE PERFECT UNION 
Wednesday, 7/17 from 7-9 pm NH WORLD
Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of civil rights progress and backlash, the 2021 Capitol riot, and beyond. Explore the impact of voter rights and a civics curriculum on engaged and informed citizens.

A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO PRESERVING DEMOCRACY
Wednesday, 7/17 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Through interviews and real-life examples, Hari Sreenivasan and Dr. Richard Haass, author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, explore how Americans are working towards strengthening democracy and renewing the spirit of a more informed and engaged citizenry.

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339