Dinosaurs - March 18

Monday, March 18, 2024

Today is Sloppy Joe Day and Oatmeal Cookie Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: BBC Idea: The True Story of Mary Anning the Girl Who Helped Discover Dinosaurs 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Dinosaurs
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ON THIS DATE

• 1766 - The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• 1937 - The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• 1944 - Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people.
• 1965 - Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov makes the first spacewalk.
• 1990 - 12 paintings worth around $500 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1634 - French author Madame de La Fayette
• 1837 - 22nd and 24th President of the United States Grover Cleveland
• 1844 - Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• 1932 - Novelist John Updike
• 1934 - Country music singer Charley Pride
• 1963 - Actor and singer Vanessa L. Williams
• 1964 - Speed skater Bonnie Blair
• 1970 - Actor, rapper, and singer Queen Latifah
• 1984 - Brazilian race car driver Ana Beatriz

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Goodmorning - LISTEN
  
• Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last - LISTEN
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov- Flight of the Bumblebee - LISTEN
• Queen Latifah - I Know Where I've Been - LISTEN

THEME:  Dinosaurs

• Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train  Web Site - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - ScienceTrek - Dinosaur Basics - (5:51) VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Adaptations that Helped a Giant Dinosaur Eat (5:13) - VIEW and DO
• grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Adaptations for Walking in Dinosaurs (5:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - GPS: Dinosaurs (8:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Discussing Dinosaurs with a Paleontologist (5:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - Eons - Inside the Dinosaur Library (7:18) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs (8:36) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body (12:01) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal? (10:37) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic (9:20) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs (12:20) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers (10:01) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What Colors Were Dinosaurs? (5:02) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope (8:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table (10:16) - VIEW

WATCH

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DANTE: INFERNO TO PARADISE - Part One
Monday, 3/18 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
Dive into the dramatic details of Dante's early years and his decision to begin The Divine Comedy in 1306. Join Dante and the great Roman poet Virgil as they delve into the depths of the underworld and encounter Lucifer himself. DANTE: INFERNO TO PARADISE Streaming Video

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GREAT PERFORMANCES - The Conductor
Monday, 3/18 from 12-1:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Follow Marin Alsop's journey to become the first female music director of a major symphony despite repeated rejection by the classical music industry. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
Monday, 3/18 from 1:30-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Discover an international singer who captivated royalty in Europe and defied the conscience of 1939 America. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

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INDEPENDENT LENS - Writing With Fire
Monday, 3/18 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - The Vote: Part One
Monday, 3/18 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
In the 19th century, at a time when women had few legal rights, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others galvanized thousands to demand equal citizenship. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - The Vote Streaming Video

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Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
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(603) 868-4339