Hats, Badgers, and Robert Bork - October 6

Monday, October 6, 2025

Mad Hatter Day, National Badger Day, German-American Day, National Noodle Day, Garlic Lovers Day, National Coaches Day, American Libraries Day, Child Health Day, Day of Unity, World Habitat Day, World Day of Architecture, and World Day of Bullying Prevention.

World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day:  Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Cam
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day: Giant Cowboy Cookies
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: Webinar: Making Your Social Studies and ELA Curricula LGBTQ+ Inclusive

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1777 – British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Hats, Badgers, and Robert Bork

ON THIS DATE

• 1889 -The Moulin Rouge opens in Paris.
• 1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated.
• 1987 - The Senate Judiciary Committee votes 9-5 against the nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court.
• 2010 - Instagram is founded.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1905 -Tennis player Helen Wills Moody
• 1973 - Basketball player Rebecca Lobo

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - LISTEN
  
• Prince - Raspberry Beret - LISTEN

THEME: HATS

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Clifford the Big Red Dog - Pirate Hats,  Ahoy! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - One of These Things: HAT (0:30) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Curious George - Hat Grab Game  - DO 
• Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - Party Hat Printables - DO
  
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Crafts - Chef Hats - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Crafts - Leprechaun Hats - DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia -  A World of Stories - Anansi and the Hat Shaking Dance (7:17) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Call it a Night (11:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - EDSITEment -Benjamin Franklin's Many "Hats" - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - GQ - 400 Years of (Men's) Hats in 3 Minutes (2:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Victoria and Albert Museum - Hats - READ and VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Museum of Art Boston - Conservation Project: Costume Accessories, Hats: Simple Board Mounts - READ and VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - MN Original - Milliner Karen Morris (7:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Poetry in America - Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - Mental Floss - 8 World Famous Historical Hats - READ
• Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - The Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat - READ and DO

THEME: BADGERS

• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Tough as a Badger (1:28)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Honey Quest (2:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Honey Seekers (26:26) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - American Badger - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Masters of Mayhem: Honey Badgers (3:29) - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Are Honey Badgers One of the World's Smartest Animals?-  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Smarter Than Your Average Badger (4:00) - VIEW, READ,  DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - A Better Beehive (4:50) - VIEW, READ,  DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Anti-Predator Adaptations (6:24) - VIEW, READ,  DO

THEME: ROBERT BORK

• Grades 7-12 - NPR - All Things Considered - Robert Bork's Supreme Court Nomination Changed Everything, Maybe Forever - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - iCivics -Supreme Court Nominations  Lesson Plan - READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Supreme Revenge (54:47) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frontline - Supreme Revenge - Showdown on the Robert Bork Nomination (4:07) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Remembering Robert Bork: Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee (3:58) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 -  NHPBS Video - Washington Week - The Vault - October 2, 1987 (5:58) -  VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - National Endowment for the Humanities - Supremely Contentious - READ

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