Good Manners, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Poetry - October 3

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Today is Butterfly and Hummingbird Day, Look At the Leaves Day, Fruit at Work Day, and National Poetry Day.

World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day:  San Diego Zoo Burrowing Owl Cams
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day:  Maple Pumpkin Bread
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: Uncovering and Incorporating LGBTQ+ History Webinar

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Good Manners, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Poetry

ON THIS DATE

• 1863 - President Lincoln establishes the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
• 1932 - Iraq gains independence from the UK.
• 1975 - The Cleveland Indians hire Frank Robinson as Major League Baseball's first black manager.
• 1990 - East Germany and West Germany reunite after 45 years of separation.
• 1995 - O. J. Simpson is declared not guilty in his murder case.
• 2008 - US House approves a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1873 - Etiquette expert Emily Post
• 1925 - Author Gore Vidal
• 1941 - Singer Chubby Checker
• 1949 - Musician Lindsey Buckingham
• 1951 - Musician Keb' Mo'
• 1951 - Astronaut and the first American woman to walk in space Kathryn D. Sullivan
• 1954 - Baseball player Dennis Eckersley
• 1954 - Activist and TV host Al Sharpton
• 1954 - Musician Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 1969 - Songer-songwriter Gwen Stefani
• 1975 - Singer-songwriter India Arie

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Chubby Checker - The Twist - LISTEN
• Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road - LISTEN
• Keb' Mo' - Better Man - LISTEN
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy - LISTEN
• Gwen Stefani - Cool - LISTEN
• India Arie - I Am Not My Hair - LISTEN
• Dolly Parton - Love Is Like a Butterfly - LISTEN
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - LISTEN
  
• Heart - Dog and Butterfly - LISTEN
• Leonard Cohen - Listen to the Hummingbird - LISTEN

THEME: Good Manners

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Super Why! - Hansel and Gretel and Manners (25:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Cobie Smoulders: Courteous (1:53) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Theater Etiquette (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Good Manners with Cookie Monster and Sam (1:42)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Courteous (Word on the Street Podcast) (5:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Two-Headed Monster Takes Turns - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Salsa - Manners  - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS Parents - Table Manners For Kids - READ
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Artsville - Audience Etiquette - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Artsville - Etiqueta de la audiencia - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - Internet Archive - Coronet Films - 1959 Instructional Film - Lunchroom Manners - VIEW

THEME:  Butterflies

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little Butterfly Friend Song (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 11 Butterflies (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Learning Media - If I Was a Butterfly (5:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - A Day with a Butterfly Expert  (9:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - All About Butterflies  (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Butterfly Garden  (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make a Butterfly Costume  (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Butterflies: They Taste With Their Feet  (4:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6- SciGirls - Butterfly Diaries (26:10) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Butterfly Wings  (7:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Moths and Butterflies -  READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior - Karner Blue Butterfly  (8:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear (5:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Quest - Fire and Butterflies  (5:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Mystery of the World's Greatest Butterfly Migration (9:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Using Gene Editing To Repaint Butterfly Wings  (11:13)  - VIEW

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 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

THEME: POETRY

• Grades: PreK-1 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Sons of Poetry- VIEW and RHYME
  
• Grades: PreK-1 -  Sesame Street - Big Bird's Sun Poem - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry Everywhere Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Elements of Poetry - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Voices and Visions (13 American Poets) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - American Passages: A Literary Survey - VIEW
• Professional Development - Annenberg Learner - Write in the Middle: A Workshop for Middle School Teachers - Teaching Poetry (58:15) - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

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