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Celebrate National Poetry Month!
Snap your fingers for the art of poetry and spoken word with PBS Black Culture Connection as we celebrate National Poetry Month!
From features that examine the power of poetry in modern classrooms to documentaries that explore the historical and cultural threads of a poetic verse, dive into a world of creativity with PBS!
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PBSKIDS.org
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PBS Idea Channel
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Mike Rugnetta - PBS Idea Channel
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Mister Rogers Remixed: Garden of Your Mind
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Sesame Street
Richie Havens (1941 - 2013) performing “Freedom” at Woodstock (1969).
See that? You are looking DIRECTLY into the eyeball of a bee. Stings, don’t it?
Be a pollinator, not a pollinHATER and click the picture above (or right HERE) to learn how bees see the invisible. Happy earth day!
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Sesame Street: More Tragic Times, Helping Families Cope
Once again families are coping with how to explain tragic and scary news events to their children. This time the news is in regards to two explosions that occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. For those living in the affected areas, these are particularly stressful and anxious…
The Federal Government on Tumblr
Increasingly, Federal agencies (like us here at the Bureau of Land Management) are using Tumblr to share photos, science, events, initiatives, and other great content with the Tumblr community. Here’s a list of some awesome Federal government blogs you should be following on Tumblr. It’s probably not exhaustive, but these are the ones we know about that post more than occasionally.
Reblog and help share the word:
America’s Great Outdoors: The Department of the Interior (our parent agency) shares an amazing photo a day of your public lands.
Archivist of the United States: The Tumblr of our “collector in chief” at the National Archives, David S Ferriero.
Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation, and Interior Dept agency, is the largest wholesale water supplier and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, with operations and facilities in the 17 Western States.
Congress in the Archives: Since the First Congress in 1789, the records of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have documented the history of the legislative branch. The National Archives helps you explore this history.
Conservation at Work: The Natural Resources Conservation Service, part of the Department of Agriculture, posts photos of conservation on farms and other private lands across the nation.
Fish and Wildlife Service: The Pacific Region of the FWS encompasses extraordinary ecological diversity. Photos, science, and more.
Internal Revenue Service: Because who doesn’t want tax information on Tumblr? Useful tips, videos, etc., straight from the IRS.
My Public Lands: The awesomeness of the Bureau of Land Management, which manages more than 245 million acres of amazing lands, as told by students, interns, and newer employees.
Our Presidents: One space to bring the past 13 Presidents together. Discover behind-the-scenes history here. Managed by the National Archives.
National Archives: News and current events from the United States National Archives and Records Administration whose holdings include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, military records, Presidential records, and millions of other documents related to the Federal Government.
Peace Corps: Life is calling. How far will you go? Get up close with the amazing work done by peace corps volunteers.
U.S. Department of State: Videos, photos, testimony, and updates from the State Department. Foreign policy updates on Tumblr—how cool is that?
Today’s Document: Highlighting interesting documents the National Archives’ holdings—both the well-known and the obscure—to observe historical events (usually the significant events but sometimes just the curious ones).
USA.gov: Government made easy. On Tumblr. Enough said.
US National Archives Exhibits: Images and stories from the National Archives related to “Searching for the Seventies: the DOCUMERICA Photography Project,” the newest exhibition on display at the Archives’ facility in Washington, DC.
Missed JT last night on In Performance at the White House “Memphis Soul?”
Watch him sing “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.”
You’re welcome :)
Our thoughts go out to those injured today during the Boston Marathon. Here are some tips for talking to kids about scary news:
1. Mister Rogers on scary news: http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/special/scarynews.html
2. Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, VP of Research and Education at Sesame Workshop on how to answer children’s questions about scary news: http://www.pbs.org/parents/theparentshow/how-to-handle-childrens-questions-about-scary-news/
3. Strategies for talking to kids about the news: http://www.pbs.org/parents/talkingwithkids/news/talking.html









