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[upbeat music continues] - Hi everybody, my name is Maria and this is... - Miller.

- And Miller is 11 years old.

And this is our sweet puppy Hopper.

He's four years old and he's about to fall asleep.

He's already sleeping.

So, we are going to read a book to you today.

And the name of the book is... - [Miller] "The Little Car".

- [Maria] "The Little Car".

- [Maria] And it's written and illustrated by Xu Han.

So, we know what the writer does, Miller, right?

The writer... - Writes the story.

- Writes the sorry, And the illustrator, what does the illustrator do?

- The illustrator makes the pictures.

- Yeah, draws the pictures.

And so Xu Han is obviously very talented because they wrote the book and they also illustrated the pictures as well, right?

- Yeah.

- So this is a little information about the book it's sometimes in the jacket.

And it says, "Counting colors and food words are introduced as the little car travels up and down hills to bring its friend a delicious surprise."

And what delicious surprise does this little car bring into his friends Miller?

- Food and I think mainly fruits.

- Mainly fruits, 'cause fruits are yummy.

The little car climbs over... - [Miller] One hill.

- [Maria] One hill.

- [Maria] The little car climbs over... - [Miller] Two hills.

- [Maria] Two hills, I see some strawberries.

The little car climbs over... - [Miller] Three hills.

- [Maria] Let's count.

- [Maria And Miller] One, two, three, okay.

- [Maria] Let's keep going.

The little car climbs over... - [Miller] Four hills.

- [Maria And Miller] One, two, three, four.

- Okay, this car is going very far.

I wonder where this car is going.

- I wonder how they're getting so much gas.

- I wonder, 'cause it's traveling over some huge, the hills are getting bigger.

The little car climbs over... - [Miller] Five hills.

- [Maria] Five hills.

Let's count the hills.

- [Miller] One, two, three, four, five.

- [Maria] Five hills.

Hmm, I wonder what numbers we'll get to.

The little car climbs over... - [Miller] Six hills.

- [Maria] Six hills.

- [Miller] One, two, three, four, five, six.

- [Maria] The little car climbs over... - [Miller] Seven hills.

- [Maria] Seven hills.

Look at this car, this little car.

Let's count.

- [Miller] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

- [Maria] Seven hills.

The little car goes and goes and goes.

There are lots of things in this little car, huh?

Then there are lots of different colors.

The little car... - [Miller] Brings back one red strawberry.

- [Maria] Yum, yum, I love strawberries.

- Me too.

- Yeah.

- The little car brings back... - [Miller] Two oranges, orange, orange.

- Two orange oranges, okay.

The little car brings back... - [Miller] Three yellow pears.

- And pears are yummy.

They're a bit like apples, but they're softer.

But they're yummy.

You don't love pears do you?

- Never had one.

- You haven't?

Okay, we have to fix that.

The little car brings back four... - [Miller] green apples.

- You like green apples, yeah.

- I love green apples.

- There was a time when Miller only wanted green apples.

He'd say, "Mommy, buy me green apples."

- I still want those.

- They're really crunchy.

The little car brings back... - [Miller] Five pink raspberries.

- [Maria] Pink raspberries.

Some raspberries are pink but some are red.

- I've only heard of red raspberries.

- Yeah, pink raspberries that sounds yummy.

The little car brings back... - [Miller] Six blue blueberries.

- [Maria] Six blue blueberries.

The little car brings back... - [Miller] Seven purple grapes.

- [Maria] Seven purple grapes.

The fruits are... - [Miller] Delicious.

The little car is one great friend.

- [Maria] It is one great friend because it brought all these yummy foods to its friends.

The end.

How lovely, what a lovely book.

So Miller and I were just talking and we decided we were going to make a little car.

So the thing about it is that when you wanna make something, you wanna make a piece of art.

And we are thinking you might need paper.

So I got some computer paper, okay?

But honestly, any paper will do.

I would just suggest you ask an adult in the house if you can use a piece of paper.

For instance, this is an old brochure I had that I'm not using anymore.

So I decided I was going to use it to make the car.

I don't need it anymore, so I'm recycling it, okay?

So Miller and I were thinking about a car and what shapes you might need when you're making a car.

So Miller, when we think about a car and we wanna make a simple car, what shape could we use for the top?

- A rectangle?

No, not a rectangle, a square.

- A square.

And the great thing about squares is that they are all, they have four sides and they're all the same size, right?

That's what we know about squares.

Now, what could we use for the bottom part of the car where people sit?

What shape?

- Like I guess a rectangle.

- A rectangle.

A rectangle has four sides as well.

Two sides is short and the other sides are longer, okay?

Now what shape could we use for the wheels?

- Circle.

- Circles, of course.

- So, what I suggest you do, and this is what Miller did, was that he spent some time drawing the shapes, okay?

So why don't you start drawing the shapes?

But what we also did was that we were a little worried about time, so we cut, Miller cut some shapes beforehand.

So here are the shapes here, he cut two circles, okay?

And I used the brochure I had because I don't need it anymore and it was nice to add some color.

So he cut two circles for the wheel.

He cut, what else did he cut?

Oh, he cut, he used just regular paper and he cut a square for the top, right?

And he cut just a rectangle, he cut a rectangle for the bottom of the car.

So now we're going to glue them together, okay?

Now one thing I wanna suggest is that when you get scissors, make sure that they are child safe scissors.

Miller, can you show me the safe way to give me scissors?

What's the safe way?

- You close 'em.

- Yeah.

- And then you hold them like this.

- You hold the bottom, okay?

And you hand them, here you go Miller.

- Thank you.

- And they're child safe scissors, so they're very safe.

So now we're going to glue together the pieces of our car.

So Miller, do you wanna help me glue together the pieces?

Okay, and we'll put the scissors away.

You can continue cutting later.

So you will also need glue sticks.

You know, one time when I was little, Miller, you wanna start gluing?

- Sure.

- One time when I was little I needed to glue something together and I didn't have an any glue sticks.

And I think my mom got flour and water and she mixed it together and she made a little paste and it stuck the stuff together.

So sometimes there are things in your house you can use when you can't find other things.

So Miller is going to start gluing.

Let's see how we can do it quickly, okay?

So first of all, we are...this one is hard to open, let's open this one.

Oopsy daisy.

Oh, here we go.

The glue stick is up and he's gonna glue the top of the car to the bottom.

Yeah, and it's very easy, okay?

Yeah.

And then Miller, are you going to draw a window as well?

So you can do that.

You can draw a window on top so that people can see out the windows 'cause you need them to be able to see out.

So he's going to glue it, we're gonna glue it on, okay?

Right, Miller, right?

- Yeah.

- Oh, oh, should it be on?

And then we're gonna glue on the wheels of the, for the car.

Here is one and here's the other.

And there you go.

You have your car.

And then you can spend some time drawing windows and you can actually draw a person in the car as well, okay?

So that is just a fun way to make a car.

But thank you so much for listening to our story and I hope you can find other cool things in your house to use to make cars.

Hey, thank you.

- Thank you.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- Hopper say bye.

[bright upbeat music] [airplane flying] - Hi friends.

Are you ready to travel to the land of learning with me?

[children cheering] Great, my name is Isabel and I love to learn about words.

And today I'm looking at ways I can hear the long O that says, oh, in words.

Maybe you might see O in a open syllable word.

Or you might see the vowel team O-W that says, O, in some words say O.

Are you ready to learn with me?

[children cheering] Great, let's get started.

[airplane flying noises] Let's start with a phonemic awareness activity.

Phonemic awareness activities call for us to pay attention to all the sounds we hear in words.

And today we're going to play a game where I tell you some sounds in the word, you repeat those sounds and together we blend those sounds into a word.

Let's try one together.

S-n-ow.

Your turn.

S-n-ow.

Snow.

What's the word?

Snow.

Great job.

Let's try another word.

S-l-ow.

Your turn.

S-l-ow.

Slow.

Slow!

Slow, like a turtle.

Let's try another one.

G-r-ow.

Your turn.

G-r-ow.

Grow.

What's the word?

Grow.

Good job.

Last one.

C-o-a-ch.

Your turn.

C-o-a-c-h. Coach.

Coach.

Great job.

Now you're ready to build with me.

Let's build some words together.

Sometimes when you hear the long O sound in words, it happens when a syllable is open.

This is an example of a closed syllable.

In a closed syllable, the vowel is followed by a consonant or more than one consonant.

And when that happens, the vowel will say it's short sound.

in this case, ah.

N, ah, t. Not.

But if I take away the consonant, it's not closed anymore.

It's open.

And because it's open now the O says it's name or it's long sound of O. N-o, no.

You've heard that word a lot, right?

Let's try a few more open syllable words.

What does this say?

Go.

How about this one?

So.

You've got the hang of this.

When the vowel is not followed by a consonant, the syllable is open and the vowel will say it's name.

Now, what's really cool is we have a vowel team that also says, oh.

O-W can say oh in words.

So let's make some words together using the vowel team O-W. What's this going to say?

B-ow.

Bow, like a bow in your hair.

What does this say?

L-ow.

Low, good job.

Oh.

B-l-ow.

Blow, like when we blow bubbles.

Last one.

What is this going to say?

F-l-ow.

Flow.

Water in a stream can flow from east to west.

Are you ready to read some words with me?

[children cheering] Great, today we have three lines of words and a sentence.

And as always, before you read, I want you to take a good look at the words before you get started.

So let's look at line one.

What do you notice about the words?

They all have open syllables.

They're all open syllable words.

So I know exactly how to read them.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

No, so, go, good job.

Let's look at line two.

What do we notice about all of the words?

They all end in the vowel team O-W that says, oh.

Are you ready to read?

Great.

Bow, low, mow, row.

You guys are excellent.

We are ready for our last line.

It's definitely a little trickier than the second line.

I see a blend at the beginning of each of these words.

Keep that in mind as you read, I want you to read as loud as you can and I will whisper read right underneath you.

Are you ready?

Slow, glow, grow, crow.

Great job.

Are you ready to read our sentence?

The star will glow at night.

Is that true?

Do stars glow or shine at night?

They do, right?

You did a great job reading with me.

Are you ready to write our word of the day?

Great, I'd like you to get a paper or something to write on any pencil or something to write with and come right back.

[upbeat music] - Are you ready to write our word of the day?

[children cheering] Great, our word of the day is show.

Can you say that word for me?

Show.

Listen to me use that word in a sentence.

I would like to show you how to dance.

Show.

Now, let's say all the sounds we hear in the word.

Sh-ow.

Great, now I'd like you to write the word show.

How do you think we should spell it?

Hmm, interesting.

Are you ready?

Did you write this?

Sh-ow.

That's right.

We use the vowel team at the end of show.

Great job.

Today I'd like you to look for words that have the long O sound in them and when you see them in writing or hear them ask how they're spelled, you might learn something new.

Have a wonderful day friends.

See you soon.

[upbeat music] - Hi, my name is Tiberius and this is how you scoot.

First we open the scooter, you hold onto your handles.

Next, put your foot on the base.

Last you put your right foot on ground and scoot.

[upbeat music] - Hey Lily.

Hey friends at home.

- Oh hey Omar.

I see you have your helmet on.

Where are you headed?

- Join me on my bike ride.

I love riding my bike.

It's my favorite way to move around the place that I live.

[whimsical music] I like biking 'cause I can fit in small spaces where a car might gets stuck.

And when I bike I get to feel the air on my face as I pedal.

I was headed home, I was commuting in New York City.

That's where I live.

[whimsical music continues] - [Lily] I love how careful you are on your bike, Omar.

- [Omar] Well safety is so important when biking.

I make sure to always pay attention to the sights and sounds around me and of course I always wear my helmet.

- [Lily] That's good thinking.

[whimsical music continues] - [Omar] To get home, I biked beside the water.

[whimsical music continues] Over the Brooklyn Bridge.

[whimsical music continues] Around the Prospect Park loop.

And then straight home.

I made it.

Thanks so much for joining me.

Friends at home, do you like to go for a bike ride with your trusted adult?

Where do you like to bike to?

- Wow, Omar, you rode your bike in such interesting ways and you know what I can kind of see in my mind the ways you moved throughout the city.

Maybe we could make a map, a map of those movements.

- A map, that's a great idea.

I do that bike ride a lot, so a map would be really helpful.

Lily, friends at home, help me make a map.

What do you remember of my bike ride?

How did I move through the city?

- Hmm.

Well, first you went beside the water.

Oh, then over the Brooklyn Bridge and around the loop in Prospect Park.

- [Omar] And then straight home.

Wow, thanks Lily.

Now that I have this map, I can be sure that I won't get lost.

Friends at home, aren't maps cool?

What maps have you seen before?

Have you seen any of these?

[light mellow music] Lily, all this talk of maps has given me an idea for a map making game.

One that leads to treasure.

Let's make movement maps.

Movement maps are a step-by-step guide for how to move through a space.

When you follow the steps correctly, you'll find the squiggly treasure.

But where will we move?

We need to find a place where there are lots of ways you can move around.

- Oh, I know, Omar, let's go to the playground.

- Yes, that's perfect.

Grab your jacket, let's go.

[mid-tempo music] Our playground has a few features that we'll be moving through.

There's a bumpy curvy arch.

Lily and I like to pretend that they're giant legs.

Then there's the swing set.

And the long ramp with a little slide.

Then the big swirly slide.

The bouncy chairs.

And the tire swing.

Okay, Lily, I'm going to place the squiggly treasure at the bottom of the big swirly slide.

Now, I'm going to show you how to move to get there.

You'll go under the giant legs, zigzag through the swing set and slide down the big swirly slide.

- Okay, I got it.

Under the legs, zigzag through the swing set and down the slide.

I got it, here I go.

[light whimsical music] Under the giant legs.

[light whimsical music continues] Zigzag through the swings.

Slide down.

I did it, I found the squiggly treasure.

Okay Omar, now it's your turn to do a movement map.

Mm, I know.

I'll place the squiggly treasure on top of the giant legs.

Now to show you how to move.

Okay, you'll go between the railings, down the little slide, then to the bouncy chairs.

Bounce one, two, three, four times.

Then around the tire swing and on top of the legs, that's the treasure.

- Okay.

Between the railings, down the little slide.

Bounce one, two, three, four, around the tire swing.

There it is, the treasure.

Here I go.

Okay, between the railings.

Down the little slide.

[upbeat whimsical music] Bounce one, two, three, four.

Fly around the tire swing.

And there it is, the squiggly treasure.

- Oh, I feel like I know that playground so much better, Omar.

- Yeah, me too.

Friends at home, thanks for moving and mapping with us.

See you.

- Bye.

[light music] - Hi, my name is Lucien and this is my son Lucas, we love to read together.

What's the title of the book?

- T-R-E-E-S, trees.

- We read all kind of books, fiction and information.

Lucas is learning so much from reading.

He love the stories and is learning and thinking about science.

- Your lungs pull oxygen in.

- [Lucien] We really take time to think about and discuss the book.

Donde?

- In the space where there's a lot of space and nothing to like block the tree from going the ground.

- When he doesn't understand something, I don't give him the answer.

He learned more if I help him to figure it out on his on.

What do you breathe?

- You breathe in air.

- Air.

Reading has helped Lucas to develop curiosity and love of learning.

- Whoa.

[upbeat music] - Hi everyone and welcome to the Memphis Zoo here in Memphis, Tennessee.

My name is Devon and I'm an animal interpreter here at the zoo.

That means I have the very special job of getting to take care of some of the zoo's animals and introducing them to people just like you.

And today, we're learning all about transportation.

Transportation is the way that animals and people move around.

Think of the last time you went to the store or to the park or to visit a relative.

How did you get there?

Humans get around in many ways.

We can walk, run, drive, take a bus, use a wheelchair, ride a bicycle, jump on a pogo stick and even fly in an airplane.

Animals are also great at getting from place to place.

Today, we will explore the zoo and meet some animal friends that will teach us how they move.

Let's meet some animals and see how they run, slither crawl, hop, swim and fly.

Say hello to the fastest land animal on the planet, the cheetahs.

Cheetahs have to be able to run incredibly fast in order to catch their prey.

Cheetahs use their long legs to run through the plains of Africa.

Cheetahs usually hunt during the daytime in order to avoid competing with other predators like lions and hyenas.

While cheetahs are the fastest land animals they can't keep that speed up for very long, and in fact most cheetah chases last under a minute.

Do you think that you could outrun a cheetah?

Let's see how fast you can go.

Ready, on your mark, get set, go!

Wow that was really fast.

Many land animals have to be able to run in order to survive.

Animals that eat meat need to be able to chase their prey and prey animals have to be able to outrun the predators.

As predators get faster, so does the prey.

If predators were always faster, they would eat all the prey until there were no more and eventually they would run out of food.

But if the prey were always faster, there wouldn't be any food for the predators to eat.

This is how the food web stays balanced.

So running is great and all, but what if you don't have any legs?

This is Dan and Dan is a legless lizard.

Did he fool you into thinking that he was a snake?

That happens all the time.

Many people believe that lizards have legs and snakes have no legs, but that's not quite the truth.

There are some lizards just like Dan here, who have no legs at all.

There's a couple of other key differences that I use to tell whether or not Dan is a snake or a lizard.

I can tell that Dan is a lizard by looking closely at his ears and his eyes.

Snakes don't have eyelids or ear holes, and Dan has both.

Legless lizards are sometimes called glass lizards.

That's because unlike snakes, their tails are very fragile and can break off as handled improperly or if they're attacked by a predator.

Legless lizards are excellent neighbors to have around because of how good they are at pest control.

Many small animals are good at slithering.

Legless animals like snakes, worms or slugs can track their muscles to move forward when they slither.

It allows them to get into small places like burrows to find shelter.

But slithering animals don't just live on the ground.

Many are excellent climbers simply found in trees or even on the sides of buildings.

So we learned that many animals without legs can slither like our friend Dan.

But what about some of our animal friends that have lots of legs?

This is Buddy and Buddy is a Madagascar hissing cockroach.

Now Madagascar hissing cockroaches like Buddy can be very popular in movies and TV shows, and that's because they're very large and easy to film and they're pretty easy to work with.

Unlike many other species of insects, Madagascar hissing cockroaches can't fly, so their major means of transportation is on their six legs.

And yes, I did say six.

Buddy here is excellent at crawling around and looking for food.

In the wild, Cockroaches have an important job to do.

They're like the cleanup crew of the forest.

They eat many of the rotten foods that other animals won't eat.

They eat decaying leaves, fruits and veggies and even meat.

Now imagine the trash can in your house.

When it's full, what happens to it?

Usually someone takes it out and the garbage collectors take it away.

But what if they didn't?

What if all the garbage in the world just piled higher and higher and no one was able to clean it?

That's what a world without cockroaches would seem like.

Cockroaches are exceptionally good crawlers.

They can even climb straight up walls.

That's because their legs have tiny claw like feet that help them to climb.

Many insects crawl, but other animals can crawl too.

Reptiles like alligators, lizards and turtles all have legs very close to the ground and are built for crawling.

Invertebrates like scorpions, tarantulas and crabs are also excellent crawlers and can be quite speedy.

Even mammals like the sloth can slowly crawl when they come to the ground.

Can you crawl on the ground like a lizard or a sloth?

All right, friends, are you ready to move again?

Let's see if you can hop.

How high can you jump?

Well, this here is my friend Charming.

And Charming is a smooth-sided toad.

Unlike his froggy relatives, he may not be the highest jumper in the world, but he does hop around his enclosure and he really enjoys chasing after his favorite food, cricket.

Can you think of any other animals that can hop?

My friends, you may be wondering why am I using gloves to hold Charming?

Is it because he's dangerous?

Well, actually it's because my skin can be really harmful to him.

Toads actually will breed and drink through their skin, so it's really important that we aren't touching them with any chemicals.

And I could be wearing lotion or hand sanitizer that could be really harmful for him.

So the gloves are here for his safety.

Animals that hop usually have very long legs.

Rabbits, kangaroos, frogs, insects, and many more animals use hopping as a way to move from place to place.

You may be surprised to hear that hippos hop too.

They're too heavy to swim, so instead they hop along the bottom of the rivers and come up for air.

Speaking of swimming, that's my favorite way to move.

But even I don't love the swim as much as our friends, the sea lions.

Sea lions start swimming just three weeks after they're born.

Sea lions are mammals just like humans, but unlike us, they're specially adapted for the water.

Instead of having hands and feet, they actually have flippers.

It's a lot like having oars or paddles for hands.

Sea lions rely on swimming in order to hunt their favorite food, fish.

As we all know, fish are incredible swimmers, so the sea lions have to be just as good.

Water covers most of the earth, so knowing how to swim is a must for many types of animals.

All fish and many birds, mammals and amphibians and even reptiles have adapted to swim.

Some animals like the sea lions, spend most of their lives in the water, while others like fish can never leave it.

Water is an important source of food for many animals so many species have learned to swim.

Tigers, otters, penguins and polar bears are all excellent swimmers and some animals like humans enjoy swimming just for fun.

Now many of us have been able to move like our animals friends so far, but the next animal can do something that no human can do, at least not without a little bit of help.

Can you guess who it is?

Meet Adelaide, the kookaburra.

Kookaburras, like many other birds are excellent flyers.

It's not just birds that can fly bats and insects can do it too.

Flying may look different between the species, but it involves flapping their wings.

Birds have feathery wings.

Bats have a thin layer of skin between their long finger bone and insect wings are a part of their exoskeleton.

All of these species have had to go through many changes in order to achieve flight.

Flying is a great way for animals to move from place to place.

Many animals that fly become an important pollinator, helping plants to grow all over the world.

That's because some places like islands are very hard to reach unless you can fly.

Humans can also fly, but only with the help of technology like airplanes and helicopters.

If you could fly like a bat or a bird, where would you go?

I would love to fly to a tropical island.

Today we learned about a few of the amazing ways that animals use to move around.

Can you remember them all?

Today we ran like the cheetahs.

We slithered like a legless lizard.

We crawled like a cockroach.

We flew like a kookaburra.

We swam like the sea lions and we hopped like the toads.

These were just a few of the many ways that animals move themselves from one place to another.

We also learned that animals use special body parts to help them move like wings for flying, fins or flippers for swimming or long legs for running and jumping.

Isn't it amazing how animals move in so many different ways?

What's your favorite way to move?

I hope you all had just as much fun as I did today learning all about animal transportation, but now it's time for me to ride off into the sunset.

From me and all of us here at the Memphis Zoo, have a great rest of your day everyone.

[upbeat music] - Welcome to Let's Learn Living History here at New York Historical Society.

My name is Ms. Cheyney, and today we're going to talk about Suffragist who fought for women's right to vote a hundred years ago.

You may notice that I'm wearing an unusual outfit for today.

This is the type of dress a woman would've worn about 100 years ago.

To start, let's learn some vocabulary words.

First word is voting.

Voting is when a person gives their opinion on a subject to make decisions for the whole group.

Here's an example.

Raise your hand if you would like chips for a snack.

I see one, two, three, four, five and six.

Now raise your hand if you want carrot sticks and hummus for a snack.

Let's see, one, two, three, four and five.

Chips has it.

You just voted whether your choice was picked or not.

By raising your hand, you tell people what you want and your voice was counted and heard.

Next vocabulary word is suffrage.

Suffrage means the right to vote.

Today, most people who are US citizens and are 18 years or older have the right to vote.

In the past, many people were not allowed to vote.

Black Americans, Chinese Americans, and women were some examples of people who could not vote back then.

Think back to our vote for snacks.

Imagine if your friends were able to vote for what they wanted for snack, and you were prevented for voting for no other reason than the way you look.

You would not have suffrage or in other words, you would not have the right to vote.

You still had to eat the snack, but had no voice in the decision.

Seems very unfair, right?

Next vocabulary word is suffragists.

Suffragist were activists who wanted to win the right to vote for women.

Activists are people who deeply care about an issue and spend time telling and convincing other people about their cause.

Today we're going to learn about a few of the methods used by Suffragist to convince men to give women the right to vote.

There were many women and men who did this work over many decades.

You might have heard of a few Suffragist such as, Ida B.

Wells, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul.

Unfortunately, not all Suffragist agreed on which women should have the right to vote.

Even though Suffragist worked to make sure women had the right to vote, some women were left out based on the color of their skin or where they came from.

Black suffragists were often excluded from parades and groups.

And in order to overcome their exclusion, they relied mainly on black women's clubs.

Like other activists, suffragists had a lot of different tactics for getting their message out to their communities.

Let's explore a few now.

First method the suffragists used was demonstrating, which was when a group of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone.

Suffragists would gather as a group and carry signs and wear sashes like this one.

Very dashing, isn't it?

They would stand in an important place so that people would see their message.

For example, this is a copy of a sign that was carried by Suffragist who were part of the National Women's Party.

They demonstrated in front of the White House so that the President would hear their demands.

The next method the Suffragist used was lobbying, which is an attempt to influence government action through communicating with others and petitioning and gathering a large number of people to sign a document demanding action.

Suffragists would write letters to elected officials to make an argument for the right to vote.

They would also make sure to have as many people sign the letter as possible so that the elected official knew how many people cared about this right.

The last method we're going to talk about is street speaking.

Now this would've been considered very scandalous during the time.

It was a chance for suffragist to talk to people one on one on the sidewalk.

A hundred years ago, it was not considered appropriate for women to talk about politics, let alone to strangers on the street.

Lots of Americans had old-fashioned ideas about why women shouldn't be able to vote, and Suffragists needed to have lots of conversations to argue their points.

They handed out leaflets, like these, to passerby's on the street.

Some of them were 12 reasons why women should vote.

Their hard work paid off.

The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18th, 1920, and it stated the right of citizens, the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

This amendment changed US law and said women could vote in political elections.

Thank you for joining us on Let's Learn Living History and hearing more about how women won the right to vote.

[upbeat music] - Hola amigos, hi, my name is Diane.

Mi nombre es Diane, and today I'm going to teach you a very fun song that you can practice with mom and dad at home, and also with your friends, with your amigos at school.

The only thing you need for this song is your hands.

Manos, manos, manos.

Do you have two little hands at home?

All right, if you have them, show 'em to me.

Let me see.

♪ Manos, manos, manos, manos ♪ Okay, you are ready to start.

But first we need to warm up.

We need to practice so you can just get ready for this amazing song, okay?

The first thing is just to show me your manos again.

♪ Manos, manos, manos ♪ Atras.

Oh, where did your manos go?

Oh, aqui!

Your manos are aqui.

I see your manos again.

♪ Manos, manos, manos ♪ Atras, oh.

Oh, oh, oh hello?

Where do your man, manos, donde?

Manos esta aqui.

I see you.

Well, I'll show you this song that I love about manos, and then we're gonna jump into our very nice sorpresa, surprise.

Let's go.

♪ Saco una manita la hago bailar ♪ ♪ La cierro la abro la vuelvo a guardar ♪ ♪ Saco otra manito la hago bailar ♪ ♪ La cierro la abro y la vuelvo a guardar ♪ ♪ Saco las dos manitas las hago bailar ♪ ♪ La cierro, la vuelvo a guardar ♪ Okay, now that we are ready with your manos we are going to count, how many fingers, cuantos dedos, do you have here?

Let's see.

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.

Cinco dedos, five fingers.

Now that we have cinco dedos, we're going to see and introduce our amigos, our friends of today.

Ready to see 'em?

Okay, the first amigo is this little guy right here.

Oh, look at him.

Ha, this is the tiger.

Es un tigre.

And the tigre goes [roaring].

Es un tigre.

Can you say tigre?

Tigre.

Mm-hmm, good job.

So let's see now.

What's the next animal that we're gonna call, ready?

Uno, dos, y tres.

[singing] Un monito, it's a monkey.

Look at this tiny little monkey.

He's so cute.

And he goes [monkey screams].

Es un monito muy gracioso.

Now, let's see who's next.

Are you ready?

Uno, dos, y tres.

Oh, this is the elephant.

♪ Elefante, elefante ♪ ♪ Elefante, elefante ♪ And we have someone else.

Are you ready to see and say hello to the...

Giraffe!

Jirafa con cuella largo, largo, largo, largo, largo hasta arribe.

It's a very long neck.

And last one is [singing noises] the zebra.

La cebra con sus rayas.

All these black stripes and very nice hair.

Woohoo!

Now let's get ready to count.

How many animales do we have here today with me?

Well, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.

Cinco animales.

And animals are jumping on the bed.

[singing noises] Salta, salta, salta, but something happened.

They fell down and boop, bumped their head, ouch.

So mama had to call the doctor, and the doctor said, "No more animals jumping on the bed."

Hmm, let's see.

We're gonna sing this song in Spanish today, and let's see if we can teach them how to play nicely so they don't have any accidents.

No accidente's.

Ready?

Let's go.

♪ Y cinco animales brincando en la cama ♪ ♪ El tigre se cayo, whoa ♪ ♪ Boop, en la cabeza en serio, ouch ♪ ♪ Mama llamo al doctor y el doctor le dijo ♪ ♪ No mas animales brincando en la cama ♪ How many animals we have left?

Let's see, uno, dos, tres, cuatro.

♪ Cuatro animales brincando en la cama ♪ ♪ Monito se cayo, whoa ♪ [silly noises] ♪ Boop, en la cabeza en serio, ouch ♪ ♪ Mama llamo al doctor y el doctor le dijo ♪ ♪ No mas animales brincando en la cama ♪ Cuantos animales do we have now?

How many animals we have left?

Count, uno, dose, tres.

♪ Y tres animales brincando en la cama ♪ ♪ Elefantes se cayo, whoa [silly noises] ♪ ♪ Boop, en la cabeza en serio, ouch ♪ ♪ Mama llamo al doctor y el doctor le dijo ♪ ♪ No mas animales brincando en la cama ♪ How many animals we have left here?

Uno, dos.

Uno, dos.

♪ Y dos animales brincando en la cama ♪ ♪ Jirafa se cayo whoa [silly noises] ♪ ♪ Boop, en la cabeza en serio ♪ ♪ Mama llamo al doctor y el doctor le dijo ♪ ♪ No mas animales brincando en la cama ♪ How many animals we have now?

Can you count?

Uno, un animal, just one animal.

Let's see.

♪ Un animal brincando en la cama ♪ ♪ Y la cebra se cayo, whoa ♪ ♪ Boop, en la cabeza en serio, ouch ♪ ♪ Mama llamo al doctor y el doctor le dijo ♪ ♪ No mas animales brincando en la cama ♪ Donde esta los animales?

Where did the animals go?

They're right here amigos.

Well, let's see.

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, yeah.

All right, so now that you know all my animales, I want you to help me to identify them where they are.

I don't know.

Help me, ayuda.

Where's the monito?

[monkey screaming noises] Donde esta monito?

This is monito?

No, no, Diane.

All right, all right, this is the tiger, okay.

Oh, oh, I got it.

Ese monito, this is monito?

No, oh, no, no, no, this is not monito.

This is cebra.

Cebra, all right, all right, all right, all right.

Oh, this is monit right here, is it?

No.

Oh, sorry guys.

I got it, this is monito.

Yay, monita, all right.

And where you see the elefante?

Oh, I got it.

♪ Elefante, elefante.

♪ This is elefante, right?

Oh, no, this is not elefante?

Oh, sorry.

This is the tigre, this is not elefante.

Okay, my bad.

Oh, let's try it again.

Let's see.

♪ Elefante, elefante ♪ This is elefante right here, right?

Oh, oh, no, no.

Oh, this is the cebra, I'm sorry, amigos this is the cebra.

Let's try it again one more time.

Okay, okay.

♪ Elefante ♪ No?

No es elefante?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Eso no es elefante.

This is jirafa.

Okay, okay.

This is elefante.

Yay, good job, Diane.

Adios elefante.

And now, where is the cebra with the black stripes?

Can you see it?

Mm, I see it.

Right here.

Cebra with the bo- No, oh, this is not the cebra.

Amigos I'm sorry, this is the tiger.

I keep getting confused.

Let's see, I got it now.

This is the cebra right here.

Oh, oh, no, no, sorry, sorry.

This is the jirafa, jirafa.

All right, all right.

Oh, this is the cebra right?

♪ Cebra, cebra ♪ Muy bien, good job, guys.

This is the cebra.

And now we have two more animales, ready?

Donde esta?

Where is the tiger?

You see the tiger right here?

Mm-hmm, I see it too.

[singing noises] Oh, no, I'm sorry.

This is the jirafa.

Jirafa with the long, long, long neck.

Well, this is not the tiger, Diane, this is the tiger.

El tigre.

[roaring] Can you show me how the tigre goes?

[roaring] Muy bien.

This is the tigre.

And now finally we have the jirafa.

Look at this beautiful, tiny, cute jirafa right here.

Jirafa, say hola to your amigos.

Hola!

So tiny, now we say say adios jirafa, adios.

And amigos that's an amazing game that you can play with your friends at school and with mom and dad at home, all right?

So remember you have all the animales, you have cebra, tigre, elefante, you have jirafa, and you have the little monkey, monito.

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.

Adios amigos.

Bye, bye.

- [Announcer] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

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