Neighbors, Penicillin, and Rivers - September 28

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Today is Drink Beer Day, Daughters Day, International Day of the Deaf, Good Neighbor Day, Strawberry Cream Pie Day, Read a Child a Book You Like Day, and World River Day.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Neighbors, Penicillin, and Rivers

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1781 – American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

1787 – The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.

ON THIS DATE

• 1066 - William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
• 1781 - U.S. troops, backed by the French fleet, begin the siege of Yorktown.
• 1919 - Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
• 1928 - Alexander Fleming notes a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. That mold was penicillin.
• 1941 - Ted Williams ends the baseball season with a  .406 batting average, a record that still stands. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 551 BCE - Chinese philosopher and teacher Confucius
• 1836 - English plumber and inventor Thomas Crapper
• 1856 - Author Kate Douglas Wiggin
• 1901 - Broadcaster William S. Paley

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Mister Rogers - Won't You Be My Neighbor? - WATCH and LISTEN
• Foo Fighters - The Sky is a Neighborhood - LISTEN
• Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot - LISTEN
  
• Joni Mitchell - River - LISTEN
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - LISTEN
• Talking Heads - Take Me To The River - LISTEN
• Down By the River - Neil Young - LISTEN
• River of Dreams - Billy Joel - LISTEN
• Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss II - LISTEN
• Moon River - Andy Williams - LISTEN
• I Am a River - Foo Fighters - LISTEN
• The River - Bruce Springsteen - LISTEN
• Cry Me a River - Julie London - LISTEN
• Dirty Water - The Standells - LISTEN
• Paul Robeson - Showboat - Old Man River -LISTEN

THEME: NEIGHBORS 

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Ben Stiller - People in Your Neighborhood (4:26) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Librarian - People in Your Neighborhood (2:07) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Heroes in Your Neighborhood (4:44) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood - Ballet Dancer (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood - Opera Singer (3:41) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood - Conductor (4:04) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Who Are the Insects in Your Neighborhood? (3:04) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Wild Neighbors (24:59) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Experiment Highlights Effects of Poor Neighborhoods (7:24) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades Professional Development for Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Exploring the Community - Cultivating Good Neighbor Skills (56:04) -  VIEW
• Grades Professional Development for Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia -Practicing Mindfulness - Cultivating Good Neighbor Skills (58:40) -  VIEW
• Grades Professional Development for Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Building Relationships  - Cultivating Good Neighbor Skills (55:44) -  VIEW

THEME: PENICILLIN 

• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Science Odyssey - Producing Penicillin (4:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Science Odyssey - The Discovery of Penicillin (4:45)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - National World War II Museum - Thanks to Penicillin…He Will Come Home!” The Challenge of Mass Production Lesson Plan - DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frontline - Antibiotic Resistance Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Fermentation Science (10:44) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS NewsHour -The Real Story Behind Penicillin - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS -  A Science Odyssey - People and Discoveries - Fleming Discovers Penicillin - READ
• Grades 9-12 -  American Society of Microbiology - Modeling the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance Lesson Plan, VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - Next Generation Science Standards - Lesson 1: How Did This Little Girl (Addie) Get So Sick?  -  Why Don’t Antibiotics Work Like They Used To? - DO
• Grades 9-12 - Nobel Prize - Sir Alexander Fleming - READ
• Grades 9-12 - National Institute of Health - Alexander Fleming - READ

THEME:  RIVERS

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - River Story (8:03) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep and the Big Wide World - Making Rivers (1:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - River Run Game - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Storyline - The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, Read by Ernest Borgnine - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Stream and Shout (12:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Rivers (9:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Rivers and Streams - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Wonders of the Watershed (6:12) - VIEW

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