Louis Armstrong, Anne Frank, and Balloons - August 4

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Today is Coast Guard Day, Single Working Women's Day, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Doll Day, National Sisters Day, White Wine Day, and Psychic Day (but you knew that.)

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day:  Environmental Public Health Collection
  
• Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Mango Chutney

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Louis Armstrong, Ann Frank, and Balloons
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ON THIS DATE

• 1693 - Cheers, Benedictine monk Dom Perignon created champagne.
• 1790 - The forerunner of the Coast Guard, the Revenue Cutter Service, is created.
• 1944 - The Gestapo finds and arrests Anne Frank, her family, and four others in Amsterdam.
• 1964 - U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy falsely report they came under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam.
• 1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1732 - English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
• 1821 - French Fashion designer Louis Vuitton
• 1834 - English mathematician John Venn
• 1901 - Musician Louis Armstrong
• 1920 - Journalist Helen Thomas
• 1961 - President Barack Obama
• 1962 - Baseball player Roger Clemens
• 1983 - Actress and filmmaker Greta Gerwig

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - LISTEN
  
• Fifth Dimension - Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN

THEME: LOUIS ARMSTRONG

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - John Legend and Hoots (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It Takes A Street Song with Hoots (2:39) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - PBS Kids - Jazz - Jazz Greats: Louis Armstrong - READ
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Introduction  to Jazz - What a Wonderful World (8:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - National Museum of American History - Louis Armstrong Education Kit - READ, LISTEN, DO, WOW
• Grades 6-12 - Teach Rock - Louis Armstrong - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns' Jazz - Louis Armstrong Returns to Europe (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Jazz Ambassadors - Louis Armstrong and the Civil Rights Movement (5:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Louis Armstrong Archive Brings His Influence Into a New Era (11:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - One-On-One - 50 Years of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" (8:18) - VIEW
  
• Grades 7-12 - American Masters - Louis Armstrong - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Blank on Blank - Louis Armstrong on His Chops (4:56) - VIEW
• Professional Development - National Federation of State High School Associations - “Seriously Satchmo” - The Importance of Teaching Louis Armstrong in the Music Classroom - READ

THEME: ANNE FRANK

• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank - Inspiring Middle School Literacy - DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Dialogue - Honoring Anne Frank (28:54) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Anne Frank Remembered (28:52) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece - The Diary of Anne Frank 1: A Difficult Situation (1:21) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank 2: Annes Birthday (1:32) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank 3: The Suffering of Millions (1:53) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece -The Diary of Anne Frank - Life in Hiding Media Gallery - READ, VIEW, DO

THEME: BALLOONS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Happy/Sad Balloons with Big Bird and Telly Monster (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Great Inventor - Balloon Gloves (1:20) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 -  PBS Kids - OH NOAH! - The Red Balloon (English and Spanish) (3:03) - VIEW
• Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Hot Air Balloon (5:48) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - GPS: Balloon Fiesta (7:36)- VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science Starters - Learn about Rocket Launches Using Balloons (3:10)  - VIEW
• Grades 3-9 - NHPBS LearningMeia - STEM in 30 - Hot Air Balloons and Air Pressure (28:11) - VIEW and DO
• Gades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons! (5:51) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

POETRY IN AMERICA - Steps
Sunday, 8/04 from 6:30-7 pm NHPBS
A portal into 1950s New York City, Frank O’Hara’s “Lunch Poems” have the feel of playing hooky: of roaming from museums to Central Park and sneaking into cinemas. Choreographer Mark Morris, poets Terrance Hayes, Robert Pinsky, Todd Colby, and Eileen Myles, and musical duo Rachael and Vilray join host Elisa New to read “Steps,” O’Hara’s ode to NYC art and dance. POETRY IN AMERICA Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

MAGICAL LAND OF OZ - Land 
Sunday, 8/04 from 10-11 pm NH WORLD
An exploration of one of the most magical lands on the planet. Its unique wildlife includes a tree-dwelling kangaroo, a spider that survives underwater, and a bird that spreads fire. MAGICAL LAND OF OZ Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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