Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi - October 2
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Peanuts (Cartoon) Day, Farm Animals Day, Random Acts of Poetry Day, and Walk to School Day.
World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day: Unity Sanctuary Farm Live Cams
Dessert Month Resource of the Day: Fruit Jam Tartlet Cookies
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: Origin of Everything - History of the Word "Gay"
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi
- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke.
- 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1950 - The first Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published.
- 1959 -The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS
- 1990 - The Senate votes 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee and NH resident David H. Souter.
- 1452 - English King Richard III
- 1718 - English author and critic Elizabeth Montagu
- 1800 - Slave revolt leader Nat Turner
- 1869 - Mohandas Gandhi
- 1879 - Poet Wallace Stevens
- 1890 - Comedian Groucho Marx
- 1897 - Comedian Bud Abbott
- 1929 - Actor Moses Gunn
- 1945- Singer-songwriter Don McLean
- 1949 - Photographer Annie Leibovitz
- Don McLean - Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - LISTEN
- The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy vs Red Baron - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Farm Animal Song (1:34) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:48) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Old Macdonald Had a Farm (1:32) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit News: Old Macdonald's Dog (4:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Big Bird Visits A Farm (3:49) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - On The Farm Games - DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Farm Animals (7:30) - VIEW and DO
THEME: MOHANDAS GANDHI
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Finding Your Roots - Kal Penn: Gandhi's Salt March (4:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Freedom Riders: The Inspiration (3:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - EDSITEment - Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and the Power of Nonviolence Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Is Gandhi Relevant Today? (47:54) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The City Club Forum - Grandfather's Lessons in Nonviolence and How to Make Peace (59:06) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Religion and Ethics Weekly - MLK in Gandhi's Footsteps (7:26) - VIEW
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