Trains - August 29

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Today is National Chop Suey Day and International Day Against Nuclear Tests.

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Healthline
• Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Tortas de Milanesa (Chicken Cutlet Sandwiches) with Mexican-style limeade 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Trains
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ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
• 1869 - The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1991 -  The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., ends the  Communist Party.
• 1997 - Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
• 2005 -  Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1913 - Baseball pitcher Jackie Mitchell
• 1915 - Actor Ingrid Bergman
• 1920 - Saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker
• 1923 - Director and producer Richard Attenborough
• 1936 - Politician John McCain
• 1946 - Long jumper Bob Beamon
• 1947 - Ethologist and author Temple Grandin
• 1958 - Singer-songwriter Michael Jackson
• 1967 - Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville - LISTEN
• Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia - LISTEN
• The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running - LISTEN
• The Clash - Train in Vain - LISTEN
• Cat Stevens - Peace Train - LISTEN
• O'Jays - Love Train - LISTEN
• Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train - LISTEN
• Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train - LISTEN
• Wabash Cannonball - Johnny Cash - LISTEN
• Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite - LISTEN
• Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - LISTEN

THEME: Trains

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 14 Trains (0:59)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Train sings "Five By" (2:56)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Curious George - Train Station Game - DO
• Grade 3-5 - Railroad Museum - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-7 - PBS Learning Media - End of Track (13:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - Mt. Washington Cog Railway: Climbing to the Clouds  (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Transcontinental Railroad (2:57) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Future of America's Past - Transcontinental (27:02)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The West: Trans-Siberian Railroad: The Artillery of Heaven (7:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The West: The Transcontinental Railroad (18:27) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources - The Trans-Siberian Railroad - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Transcontinental Railroad - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Biography of America - The Transportation Revolution: Roads, Canals, and Railroads (26:40) - VIEW, READ, DO

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Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
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