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Valentine's Day Edition
Chivalry and Courtly Love
James Marshall on this post offers some old-time rules just in time for Valentine's Day. His page covers Rules of Chivalry, The Art of Courtly Love, and the 25 Rules of Civility.
The Science, Marketing and Math of Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day Science
Link: http://bit.ly/1DNCdoR
Valentine's Day Marketing
Valentine’s Day is a mixture of a Roman holiday, a saint’s back story and the marketing prowess of the card and candy industry.
Link: http://bit.ly/1DNCwQx
Valentine's Day Math
Link: http://bit.ly/1KAT9Sa
Love Letters of a Dozen Well-known People
These are not the letters of the Brownings, but rather those of Henry VIII, Gerald Ford, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Michael Jordan, Frida Kahlo and 11 others.
Link: http://bit.ly/18V1F2IKids' Valentine Videos
Link: http://binged.it/1IjzbPT
Dating in the Digital Age
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Valentine's Day and More
Link: www.stvalentinesday.org
Fun Facts and Superstitions
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
How to Write a Love Letter
Quotes about Love
Romantic Books
(50 Shades didn't make the cut...)
Text Messages
The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers was first printed in 1809. At the online site, you can look up a sentiment you want to express, and learn the appropriate flower to send. Or, you can look up a flower and see what sentiment it expresses.
Students can explore the site and then describe the bouquet they would send to a friend, parent, love interest, pet, etc. and give examples of why these sentiments were chosen.
Two History of Valentine's Day Resources
The History of Valentine's Day
Animation on the history of Valentine's Day
Link: http://binged.it/1HWesl7
and
History, love, chocolate and more from the History Channel:
Prek-6 Grade Valentine's Day Resources
Lots of content area Valentine's Day printables, activities, etc. Be sure to scroll through the bottom of the page for some good links!
Link: http:http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day/interactives/valentines-day-by-the-numbers//lessonplanspage.com/valentines-htm/This is Your Brain in Love
Seven contestants, ranging from 10 to 75 years of age, took part. And they each spent five minutes in an MRI machine, thinking deeply about love and allowing the imaging technology to measure activity in their dopamine, serotonin and ocytocin/vasopressin pathways.
If you think this sounds unromantic, you’ll want to reserve judgment. Though science may be the explicit focus here, the film has a touching human dimension to it.
Top 50 "Love" Songs
In honor of Valentine's Day, Billboard Magazine's Fred Bronson ranked the biggest 'Love' songs to ever. Part of his criteria was that the word, "Love" or some form of it, had to be in the title.
#45 You've Lost that Loving Feeling (1965)
#30 What's Love Got to do with It? (1984)
#21 To Sir with Love (1967)
#6 I Will Always Love You (1992)
#1 ?
Link: http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1538839/top-50-love-songs-of-all-time