Farm Animals - April 10

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Today is ASPCA Day, Encourage a Young Writer Day, Work From Home Day, Golfer's Day, Day of Pink, Safety Pin Day, Farm Animals Day, Hug Your Dog Day, Sibling Day, and Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Farm Animals
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ON THIS DATE

• 1866 -The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City.
• 1872 - The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 1912 - The RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England.
• 1916 - The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City.
• 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published.
• 1963 - One hundred twenty-nine sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks off the coast of Massachusetts after leaving the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME.
• 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles.
• 1971 - In what is known as ping pong diplomacy, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
• 1998 - The Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, is signed in Northern Ireland.
• 2019 - Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first-ever image of a black hole, in the center of the M87 galaxy.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1847 - Journalist and politician Joseph Pulitzer
• 1870 - Russian leader Vladimir Lenin
• 1880 - Sociologist and 4th U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
• 1903 - Author and illustrator Clare Turlay Newberry
• 1984 - Singer and actress and Nashua, NH native Mandy Moore
• 1988 - Actor Haley Joel Osment

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - LISTEN
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden - LISTEN
Let It Be - The Beatles - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
Donald Hall - Ox Cart Man

THEME:  Farm Animals

• 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 (1:33) - 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 (3:48) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - On The Farm Games - DO
• Grades PreK-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Arthur - Tower of Cows Printable Game - DO
• Grades 1-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Cartoon Academy with Joe Wos - Down on the Farm: Cow (8:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Farm Animals (7:30) -  VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Holy Cow: A Cow's Digestive System (1:34) - VIEW and DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

NATURE - Raptors: Fistful of Daggers - Meet the Family
Wednesday, 4/10 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
From giant eagles to miniature falconets, meet the many species of raptors. Explore how they survive bitter winters, learn to hunt, and undergo epic migrations. Their superpowers of flight, sight, hearing, and smell give them dominance over the skies. NATURE Streaming Video

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE - Chaos & Complexity
Wednesday, 4/10 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Why are many of us feeling overwhelmed and afraid in this historically transformational moment in time? Ari Wallach explores how it offers unprecedented possibilities for new and needed futures we can create together. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Ancient Maya Metropolis
Wednesday, 4/10 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
The ancient Maya built large complex cities with towering pyramids and temples that served as centers for a thriving civilization. Follow archaeologists exploring new evidence into the mystery of why after hundreds of years the cities were abandoned. NOVA Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

P.O.V. - Children of the Mist
Wednesday, 4/10 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Learn the story of Di, a 13-year-old Hmong girl living in rural Northwest Vietnam as she navigates the cultural and social challenges faced by young girls in her community while balancing inherited traditions and modernity. P.O.V.  Streaming Video

INDEPENDENT LENS - Razing Liberty Square
Wednesday, 4/10 from 3:30-5 pm NHPBS
Liberty City, Miami, is home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood's higher ground has become something else: real estate gold. Wealthy property owners push inland to higher ground, creating a speculators' market in the historically Black neighborhood previously ignored by developers and policy-makers alike. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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