Political Cartoons and Bunnies - September 27
Point of View Learning
Friday, September 27, 2025
Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day, International Lace Day, Rabbit Day, Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Chocolate Milk Day, Native American Day, Corned Beef Hash Day, Ghosthunting Day, Public Lands Day, and World Tourism Day.
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Resource of the Day: PBS Kids - Spanish Games
Classical Music Resource of the Day: Bugs Bunny Opera
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1777 – American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Political Cartoons and Bunnies
- 1066 - William the Conqueror and his army set sail on their way to conquer England.
- 1962 - Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published
- 1964 - The Warren Commission concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK.
- 1722 - Politician Samuel Adams
- 1840 - Political cartoonist Thomas Nast
- 1936 - Soul Train host and producer Don Cornelius
- 1947 - Singer-songwriter Meat Loaf
- 1972 - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow
- 1984 - Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne
- Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - LISTEN
- Avril Lavigne - Complicated - LISTEN
- Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - LISTEN
- Elton John - Jack Rabbit - LISTEN
- Cab Calloway - Run Little Rabbit - LISTEN
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Political Cartoons in U.S. History Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Cartoons Tell the Story - Teaching with Primary Sources - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Thomas Nast - READ and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Somali Filmmaker Counters Terrorist Propaganda with Cartoons (6:10) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - Herb Block Foundation - Lesson Plans - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - Daryl Cagle - Political Cartoons Blog - READ
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reconstruction - The Second Civil War - Thomas Nast Political Cartoons - READ and VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - War Letters - Photo Gallery: WWII Cartoons - READ and VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Political Cartoons and Public Debates - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Political Cartoons - Finding Point of View - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - Kennedy Library - Drawing Political Cartoons Lesson - DO
- Grades 9-12 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons - DO
THEME: Bunnies
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mumford's Magic Rabbit (2:17) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Rabbit Discuss Practice (0:54) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Bunny is Coming to Town (2:16) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Rabbit vs. Hare (2:39) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rabbits vs. Hares Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LeaningMedia - Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits (6:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits Clips - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Rabbits (7:37) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Leporidae - Rabbits, Hares - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits - Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles (4:40) - VIEW and DO
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