Grandma Moses, Queen Elizabeth I, Vultures, and Hummingbirds - September 7

Thursday, September 7, 2023

Today is New Hampshire Day, Google Commemoration Day, Grandma Moses Day, National Acorn Squash Day, National Salami Day, and National Beer Lover’s Day.

• Daily Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: Hispanic Role Models
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: Can Listening to Classical Music Keep Children Calm?

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Grandma Moses and Queen Elizabeth I

ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
• 1927 - Philo T. Farnsworth transmits an image through what he calls an image dissector, the predecessor to TV.
• 1940 - German bombers begin the London Blitz.
• 1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black bishop of the  Anglican Church in southern Africa.
• 1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot on the Las Vegas Strip.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I
• 1860 - Artist Grandma Moses
• 1936 - Musician Buddy Holly

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day  - LISTEN
  
• Paul Simon (Sesame Street) - El Condor Pasa - LISTEN

THEME: GRANDMA MOSES

• Grades 4-12 - Smithsonian American Art Museum - Grandma Moses - READ and VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - She Inspires - Grandma Moses (1:13) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Aha! A House for Art - Artist Will Moses  (6:34) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - National Museum of Women in the Arts - Grandma Moses - READ
• Grades 5-12 - Bennington Museum - Grandma Moses - VIEW 

THEME:  QUEEN ELIZABETH I

• Grades 5-12 - The Royal Family - Queen Elizabeth I - READ
• Grades 5-12 -  BBC TEACH - Elizabeth I: Troubled Child to Beloved Queen - READ (Video not available in U.S.)
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS Video  - Queen Elizabeth' Secret Agents Series  -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Queen Elizabeth I's Speech at Tilbury (3:00)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Queen Elizabeth I's Encounter with the Count of Feria (2:46)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Queen Elizabeth Chooses Her Successor (2:11) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments: Queen Elizabeth I’s Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, 1588  -  READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Royal Museum Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth I’s Speech to the Troops at Tilbury (1:02) - VIEW and  READ
• Grades 9-12 - Royal Museum Greenwich - Queen Elizabeth Facts and Myths  - VIEW and READ

THEME:  Buzzards and Vultures

• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Decomposers and Scavengers (14:46) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Turkey Vulture - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Black Vulture - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Cathartidae - New World Vultures - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Untamed - Vultures (26:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EARTH A New Wild -Vultures: India's Clean-Up Crew (4:40) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Why Don’t Vultures Get Food Poisoning? (2:20) - VIEW and DO

THEME: HUMMINGBIRDS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS Kids - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That  - What Do Hummingbirds Drink? (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets - Hummingbird Nest (1:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Hummingbird: Creature Power (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Hummingbirds (26:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures -You Gotta Love Hummingbirds (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbird: Survivor, Architect, and Builder (2:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Trochilidae - Hummingbirds, Sabrewings, Mangos, Coquettes - READ
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Structure and Function: Hummingbird Tongue (5:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cuba's Wild Revolution: The World's Smallest Bird (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Extraordinary Birds: Little Brain, Big Journey (Available in Spanish) (2:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Inside Science - Why Hummingbirds Have a Sweet Tooth (2:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cellular Respiration in Scarce Oxygen: Hummingbird Adaptations at High Altitudes (6:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - A Variety of Hummingbirds (Available in Spanish) (2:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - California Academy of Sciences -  Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover (6:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -  What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? (3:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Georgia outdoors - Hummingbird Heaven (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery (3:41) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbirds and Hawks: An Unlikely Pair (5:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution - Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones (3:48) - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

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