Frederick Law Olmsted, Chernobyl, and Trees - April 26

Parks, Trees, and Disasters

Friday, April 26, 2024

Today is Alien Day, Arbor Day, Audubon Day, Hug a Friend Day, Hug an Australian Day, Pretzel Day, Static Cling Day, Richter Scale Day, and Intellectual Property Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Frederick Law Olmsted, Chernobyl, and Trees
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ON THIS DATE

• 1777 - 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles to warn American colonial forces that the British were coming.
• 1803 - Thousands of meteor fragments fall on L'Aigle, France.
• 1865 - Union cavalry troops corner and kill John Wilkes Booth.
• 1937 - Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
• 1986 - A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine in the Soviet Union.
• 2000 - Vermont Governor Howard Dean signs the first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.

BIRTHDAYS

• 121 - Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius
• 1785 - Ornithologist and painter John James Audubon
• 1822 - Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
• 1862 - Painter Edmund C. Tarbell
• 1866 - Singer Ma Rainey
• 1888 - Screenwriter and playwright Anita Loos
• 1898 - Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre
• 1900 - Seismologist and physicist Charles Francis Richter
• 1914 - Novelist Bernard Malamud
• 1917 - Architect I. M. Pei
• 1933 - Actor Carol Burnett
• 1946 - Poet and author Marilyn Nelson
• 1970 - Former First Lady Melania Trump

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Ma Rainey - Deep Moaning Blues - LISTEN
• Chicago - Saturday in the Park - LISTEN

POEMS OF THE DAY 

• Jay Wright - The Lake in Central Park 
• Meena Alexander -  Central Park, Carousel
• Marilyn Nelson - How I Discovered Poetry
• Joyce Kilmer - Trees

THEME:  Frederick Law Olmsted

• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS Video - Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America Clips  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing Western New York (26:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Olmsted's 'Parks for the People' (28:34) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Discover the Emerald Necklace (26:47) -  VIEW

THEME:  Chernobyl

• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Nova - Building Chernobyl’s MegaTomb: Engineering a Safe Confinement Structure Media Gallery - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - On Story - On Writing Chernobyl (26:47) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Why Chernobyl is Suddenly a Hotspot for Global Tourists (7:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - The Impact of Chernobyl's Nuclear Disaster 33 Years Later (4:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Building Chernobyl's MegaTomb (52:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - From Wilderness to Wilderness (4:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Building Chernobyl’s MegaTomb - Protecting Workers from Gamma Radiation (1:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Chernobyl Event: An Update at 35 Years  (56:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Frontline - Nuclear Reaction: Meltdown (2:07) - VIEW and DO

THEME:  Trees

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Tree Fashion Report with Ernie (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cameron Diaz Talks Trees with Grover  (2:34) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Nature Cat - Let's Celebrate Trees (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Dinosaur Train - Planting Trees  (1:31) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Hooray It's Arbor Day (12:05)  - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Tree Truths  Media Gallery - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change? (10:44) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - What Would Trees Look Like on Other Planets? (8:51) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Do Trees Talk? (5:27) - VIEW

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GREAT PERFORMANCES - Now Hear This: Old Friends
Friday, 4/26 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Explore how virtuosos become maestros and discover their guiding principles through host Scott Yoo's long friendships with Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Richard Kogan, and violinist Lynn Chang. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW
Friday, 4/26 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Join actor John Lithgow as he goes back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. Immersing himself with teachers and students, he explores four disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing, and vocal jazz ensemble. ART HAPPENS HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW Streaming Video

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