Seneca Falls Convention - July 19

Friday, July 19, 2024

Today is Stick Out Your Tongue Day, National Raspberry Cake Day, and Daiquiri 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: Seneca Falls Convention
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ON THIS DATE

• 64 AD - The Great Fire of Rome begins. It lasts for six days, destroying half the city.
• 1848 - A women's rights convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
• 1903 - Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• 2005 - President George W. Bush announces he has selected John Roberts to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1817 - Civil War nurse and veterans advocate Mary Ann Bickerdyke 
• 1834 - French artist Edgar Degas
• 1860 - Accused murderer Lizzie Borden
• 1875 - Poet and activist Alice Dunbar Nelson
• 1922 - Politician and presidential candidate George McGovern
• 1947 - English musician, Queen guitarist, and astrophysicist Brian May
• 1976 - English actor Benedict Cumberbatch

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Helen Reddy - I Am Woman - LISTEN
• Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - LISTEN
• Beyonce - Run the World (Girls) - LISTEN
• Brian May - Love of My Life  - LISTEN
• Queen - We Will Rock You - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Women's Rights National Park, New York - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Dragonfly TV - Dairy Scientist - VIEW

THEME: SENECA FALLS CONVENTION

• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Unstoppable: The Road to Women's Rights - Seneca Falls, NY (6:10) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Seneca Falls Convention: The Suffrage Movement Begins (2:51) - Carrie Chapman Catt - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Vote - Seneca Falls Convention (4:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Not For Ourselves Alone - Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention (10:16) -  VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Not For Ourselves Alone - Declaration of Sentiments: Close Reading Activity -  READ and DO
• Grades 8-12 - Library of Congress - Seneca Falls Convention - READ
• Grades 9-12 - EDSITEment - Closer Readings Commentary - The Declaration of Sentiments by the Seneca Falls Conference (1848) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - C-SPAN - Lesson Plan: The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments (5:16) - VIEW, READ, DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

8 DAYS TO THE MOON AND BACK 
Friday, 7/19 from 2:30-4 pm NHPBS
Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations between Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive, and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.

NOVA - The Planets: Ice Worlds 
Friday, 7/19 from 4-5 pm NHPBS
In the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus and Neptune dazzle with unexpected rings, supersonic winds, and dozens of moons. And NASA's New Horizons gets a stunning up-close view of Pluto before venturing deep into the Kuiper Belt. NOVA Streaming Video

PIONEERS OF TELEVISION - Breaking Barriers
Friday, 7/19 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Trace the journey of people of color featured in American television - trailblazers including Diahann Carroll (Julia), Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy), Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice), and George Takei (Star Trek). Additional perspectives are captured in interviews with Leslie Uggams and Whoopi Goldberg. PIONEERS OF TELEVISION Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

A MORE OR LESS PERFECT UNION - A Constitution in Writing
Friday, 7/19 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Examine the struggles and compromises in the creation of the document that protects our liberties. Constitutional experts, "Framers" and everyday Americans weigh in on the rule of law, the branches of government, and the debate over originalism.

A MORE OR LESS PERFECT UNION - A Constitution For All
Friday, 7/19 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Delve into the Bill of Rights, which protects free speech, religious freedom, and the rights of persons accused of a crime, and discover the Supreme Court decisions that set back racial justice for nearly a century after the Civil War.

A MORE OR LESS PERFECT UNION - Our Constitution at Risk
Friday, 7/19 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Discover how the Constitution is under assault today and how all three branches of government - and we the people - are contributing to the problem.

Pressroom Contact

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