Neptune, Sign Language, and Ray Charles - September 23

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Today is Checkers Day and Dogs in Politics Day, International Day of Sign Languages, and National Voter Registration Day.

• Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: National Museum of the American Latino
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Gustav Holst - Neptune

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1779 – American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Neptune, Sign Language, Fall, and Ray Charles
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ON THIS DATE

• 1779 - John Paul Jones says  "I have not yet begun to fight!" during a Revolutionary War naval battle.
• 1846 - The planet Neptune is discovered using mathematics.
• 1889 - The Nintendo Koppai company is founded to produce the Japanese card game, Hanafuda.
• 1952 -  Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon delivers what is now known as his  ``Checkers'' speech.

BIRTHDAYS

• 63 BCE - Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emporer
• 1215 - Mongolian Emporer Kublai Khan
• 1838 - Suffragist, activist, and 1872 presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull
• 1851 - Mathematician Ellen Hayes
• 1863 - Educator and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell
• 1926 - Saxophonist and composer John Coltrane
• 1930 - Singer-songwriter Ray Charles 

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• John Coltrane - Equinox - LISTEN
• Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack - LISTEN

THEME: NEPTUNE

• Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - Neptune and Home (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - CampTV - Uranus and Neptune (6:11) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - Neptune Coloring Sheet - PRINT and DO
• Grades 2-5 - NASA - All About Neptune - READ and VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NASA - Neptune: The Windiest Planet - READ and VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LeraningMedia - NASA - First Spacecraft at Neptune (Available in Spanish) (3:05) - READ, VIEW, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - The Planets: Ice Worlds - Five Facts About the Farthest Planet in Our Solar System (1:11) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - How Voyager Discovered that Neptune is Oddly Warm and Stormy (1:58) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Planets: Ice Worlds - Triton (4:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Astronomy - Uranus and Neptune (12:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LeraningMedia - NASA - The Evolution of the Kuiper Belt (Available in Spanish) (2:33) - READ, VIEW, and DO

THEME:  SIGN LANGUAGE

• Grades PreK-3 - Sign Language Dictionary for Kids - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Sign Language ABC  (26:09) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Sign the Sing-A-Long Song (0:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - Full-Time Kids - Sign Language Alphabet (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - Rise and Shine - A Look at the Deaf Community and Sign Language (7:54) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12- Signing Savvy Video Sign Language Resource - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 3-12 - ASL Video Dictionary - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - Sign Language 101 - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Sign Language Translator Glove (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - NJTV Learning Live - ASL: Language & Community (55:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - NJTV Learning Live - Signing with Ms. Somers (57:15) - VIEW and DO

THEME: RAY CHARLES

• Grades PreK-12 - Sesame Street - Ray Charles Sings the Alphabet (1:48) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Sesame Street - Ray Charles and Elmo Sing "Believe in Yourself "(2:34) - VIEW
  
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Blank On Blank - Ray Charles on Singing True (5:07) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Historian's Take - Where Did the Blind Black Musician Trope Come From? (7:29) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - When Music Makes History - Ray Charles America the Beautiful (1:19) -  VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Lawmakers - LM 50 Moment: Ray Charles Sings Georgia On My Mind (1979) (26:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Rocking Out to Ray in the White House (2:05) - VIEW

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