Lighthouses and the Gulf of Tonkin - August 7

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Today is Lighthouse Day, Purple Heart Day, Raspberries and Cream Day, and Beach Party Day. 

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day:  Arthur Family Health - Resilience
• Sandwich of Month Sandwich the Day: Variations on a Peanut Butter Sandwich

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Lighthouses and the  Gulf of Tonkin
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ON THIS DATE

• 1782 - George Washington institutes the precursor of the Purple Heart, the Badge of Military Merit, for soldiers wounded in battle.
• 1964 -  Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, broadening President Johnson's war powers.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1742 - Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene
• 1813- Abolitionist and suffragist Paulina Kellogg Davis
• 1876 - World War I spy Mata Hari
• 1903 - Anthropologist Louis Leakey

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Fifth Dimension - Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN
  

THEME: LIGHTHOUSES

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS Parents - Plastic Cup Lighthouse -  DO
• Grades K-12 - US Lighthouse Society - Educational Materials and Resources - DO
• Grades 2-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Reading Rainbow - Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (10:27) - VIEW and DO
• Grade 4 - National Park Service - Cape Lookout Lighthouse - Lighthouse Activities - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Operation Lighthouse Rescue Clips - VIEW
• grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Operation Lighthouse Rescue (53:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS - Legendary Lighthouses - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Love for a Lighthouse (11:22) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12-  NHPBS Video - New York's Seaway Lighthouses (1:26:49) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - National Archives - Records of the U.S. Lighthouse Service - READ

THEME: GULF OF TONKIN

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience -1964: "The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" (3:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Vietnam War -The USS Maddox is Attacked (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Vietnam War - President Johnson Responds (3:06) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Vietnam War-1964: "The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" (5:35) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -The Vietnam War - The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

NATURE - Primates: Family Matters 
Wednesday, 8/7 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Family is everything for primates. Meet devoted monkey dads, playmate apes, and tender troops. NATURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Sea Change: the Gulf of Maine - Survival 
Wednesday, 8/7 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Now at a crossroads for the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans, Indigenous peoples and scholars practice climate resilience and adaptation, scientists track the latest developments, and entrepreneurs find new ways to make a living from the sea. NOVA Streaming Video

NOVA - Kilauea: Hawaii On Fire
Wednesday, 8/7 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Journey to Hawai'i's Kilauea volcano, which sent rivers of lava through communities and into the sea when it erupted in 2018. Join a group of scientists and locals investigating the spike in volcano activity that turned paradise into an inferno. NOVA Streaming Video

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

HEMINGWAY - The Avatar (1929-1944)
Wednesday, 8/7 from 1-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn. HEMINGWAY Streaming Video

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Fly With Me
Wednesday, 8/7 from 3-5 pm NH EXPLORE
This is the story of the pioneering women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card, or get a prescription for birth control. The job offered unheard-of opportunities for travel and independence. These women were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

UNTAMED - Lead Poisoning
Wednesday, 8/7 from 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD
Learn about the devastating effects of lead poisoning on birds of prey and other scavengers and the simple solution for this preventable problem. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Backyard Wildlife Habitats
Join the Wildlife Center staff and backyard naturalists to learn how you can create your own safe backyard habitat turning your yard into a sanctuary for wild animals. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Critters Don't Need Litter
Wednesday, 8/7 from 3-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Learn about the negative effects litter has on environmental health, animal health, and human health and what you can do to help reduce litter. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - The Case For Indoor Cats
Wednesday, 8/7 from 3:30-4 pm NH WORLD
Join the Wildlife center staff, health experts, and a cat behaviorist to learn why keeping cats indoors is better for wildlife, the cats, and human health. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Bird Migration
Wednesday, 8/7 from 4-4:30 pm NH WORLD
Learn why and how birds migrate and the dangers they face along the way from the Wildlife Center staff and migratory bird experts. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - After the Release
Wednesday, 8/7 from 4:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Ever wonder what happens to an animal after it has been rehabilitated and returned to the wild? Find out as Wildlife Center staff and wildlife researchers reflect on what former patients can teach us. UNTAMED Streaming Video

ANIMALS WITH CAMERAS: A NATURE MINISERIES - Oceans
Wednesday, 8/7 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan leads a team using state-of-the-art cameras, offering a fresh look at the lives of some of the animals in our oceans such as sharks, elephant seals, turtles, and gannets. NATURE Streaming Video

ANIMALS WITH CAMERAS: A NATURE MINISERIES - Australia
Wednesday, 8/7 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan fronts the team helping scientists investigate the lives of some of Australia's most iconic animals. Koalas, fruit bats, and kangaroos take the cameras into their secret worlds. NATURE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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