Eleanor Roosevelt and Chess (and Checkers!) - October 11

First Lady Learning

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Today is Day of The Girl Child, Coming Out Day, Southern Food Heritage Day, It's My Party Day, Sausage Pizza Day, International African Penguin Awareness Day, National Chess Day, National Food Truck Day, Universal Music Day, World Migratory Bird Day, and I Love Yarn Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Cam
Dessert of the Day: Red Velvet Cake
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Representation and Support in Schools

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1776 - The Royal Navy defeats a fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain in the Battle of Valcour Island, but the engagement delays the British advance until 1777.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Eleanor Roosevelt

ON THIS DATE

1910 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1958 - NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe.
1968 - NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission.
1984 - Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a spacewalk.
2000 - NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

BIRTHDAYS

1884 - First Lady, activist, and diplomat Eleanor Roosevelt
1918 - Choreographer Jerome Robbins
1932 - Country singer-songwriter Dottie West
1946 - Singer-songwriter Daryl Hall
1966 - Actor Luke Perry
1970 - Rapper and actor MC Lyte
1992 - Rapper Cardi B

SONGS OF THE DAY

Barbara Walsh - Ladies of the Press (Eleanor Roosevelt) - LISTEN
Dottie West - Here Comes My Baby - LISTEN
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Way) - LISTEN

THEME: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Grades 1-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Eleanor Roosevelt Reader - READ and DO
Grades 3-7 - PBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady, Diplomat, and Activist (3:57) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Roosevelts - Eleanor Roosevelt: The Early Years (4:22) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Roosevelts - Eleanor Roosevelt vs. Sara Delano Roosevelt (4:25) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Roosevelts - Eleanor Roosevelt: South Pacific Visit (4:02) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Roosevelts - Eleanor Roosevelt: The Red Cross (2:58) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - Eleanor Roosevelt's First Step into Politics (3:24) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt Respond to Pearl Harbor (6:49) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations (9:27) - VIEW and DO

THEME: CHESS (AND CHECKERS)

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster Plays (Eats) Checkers - VIEW
Grades K-3 - Arthur - Brain's Chess Club - VIEW
Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Chess Wager - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Infinite Chess - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Can a Chess Piece Explain Markov Chains? - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Are Robots Really Taking Over? - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Newshour - Fabiano Caruana helps usher in a new era for American chess - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - CheckMate: Growing a Community of Girls Who Play Chess - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Hip Hop Chess Club - VIEW

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