Meeting the Terms of the Contract
The Last Days of a Freight Line
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Franz Schubert: The Story of the Boy who wrote Beautiful Songs
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Franz Schubert: The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Beautiful Songs (left click to play or right click “save as” to download)
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?
Johnny Appleseed
This Scholastic video tells the story of Johnny Appleseed, from the book by Reeve Lindbergh.
Penrod by Booth Tarkington
Total running time: 6 hours, 4 minutes
05 – The Pageant of the Table Round
22 – Coloured Troops in Action
Pilgrim’s Progress movie (classic version)
This old, classic version of Pilgrim’s Progress stars Liam Neeson as Pilgrim. Parents, please supervise children on You Tube and all video sharing sites. We recommend watching this video on My Audio School or in full screen mode.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Redwall television series, based on the book by Brian Jacques
Episode One: Cluny the Scourge (part 1 section 1)
(Episode 1, Part 1 section 2)
(Episode 1, Part 1 section 3)
Episode Two: Cluny the Scourage (part 2, section 1)
(Episode 2, part 2 section 2)
(Episode 2, part 2, section 3)
Episode Three: Treachery, part 1
Episode Three: Treachery, part 2
Episode Three: Treachery, part 3
With Frederick the Great, A Story of the Seven Years War
Introduction: Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as that of the Seven Years’ War, maintained by Prussia–then a small and comparatively insignificant kingdom–against Russia, Austria, and France simultaneously, who were aided also by the forces of most of the minor principalities of Germany. The population of Prussia was not more than five millions, while that of the Allies considerably exceeded a hundred millions. Prussia could put, with the greatest efforts, but a hundred and fifty thousand men into the field, and as these were exhausted she had but small reserves to draw upon; while the Allies could, with comparatively little difficulty, put five hundred thousand men into the field, and replenish them as there was occasion. That the struggle was successfully carried on, for seven years, was due chiefly to the military genius of the king; to his indomitable perseverance; and to a resolution that no disaster could shake, no situation, although apparently hopeless, appall. Something was due also, at the commencement of the war, to the splendid discipline of the Prussian army at that time; but as comparatively few of those who fought at Lobositz could have stood in the ranks at Torgau, the quickness of the Prussian people to acquire military discipline must have been great; and this was aided by the perfect confidence they felt in their king, and the enthusiasm with which he inspired them. ( Summary by G .A .Henty )
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The Hanging of Captain Kidd
Hudson Taylor video
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Kit Carson
Kit Carson?from the old time radio show Frontier Fighters.
Historical Tales, Volume III: Spanish American by Charles Morris
Summary: Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the countries of South America, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner. (Summary by Kalynda for Librivox)
Total running time: 8 hours, 2 minutes
The Isles of Beauty Beyond the Sea
Alonso de Ojeda and the Carib Cacique
The Early Days of a Famous Cavalier
Balboa and the Discovery of the Pacific
Pizarro and the Inca’s Golden Ransom
Gonzalo Pizarro and the Land of Cinnamon
Coronado and the Seven Cities of Cibola
Miranda and the Lovers of Argentina
Lantaro, the Boy Hero of the Araucanians
Drake and the Spanish Treasure Ships
Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado
A Drama of Plunder, Murder, and Revenge
The Wonderful March of the Freebooters
The Cruelty of the Spaniards to the Indians
Cudjoe and the Maroons of Jamaica
Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Revolution in Haiti
Bolivar and the Conquest of New Granada
Hidalgo and the Grito de Delores
Francia, the Dictator of Paraguay
Tacon the Governor and Marti the Smuggler
Kearney and the Conquest of New Mexico
The Second Conquest of the Capital of Mexico
Walker the Filibuster and the Invasion of Nicaragua
Maximilian of Austria and His Empire in Mexico
Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives them in a pedagogical way. Listed on the Ambleside homeschooling list. (Summary by Nadine)
Chapter 5 ?The Transformation of a Grain of Soil
Chapter 7 ?The True Fairy Tale
Chapter 9 ?Madam How’s Two Grandsons
Chapter 11 ?Field and Wild: Part 1
Chapter 12 ?Field and Wild: Part 2
The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Total running time: 10 hours, 58 minutes
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Summary: Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s great festive comedies. The men are back from the war, and everyone is ready for romance. The dashing young Claudio falls for Hero, the daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina, and his friend Don Pedro helps him secure her affection. These youthful lovers are contrasted with the more experienced (and more cynical) Benedick and Beatrice, who have to be tricked into falling in love. Don Pedro’s brother, Don John, provides the intrigue, and the dimwitted constable Dogberry provides the laughs. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett for Librivox)
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Total running time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Summary: This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with an ‘ideal’ form of communism, in which everything really does belong to everybody, everyone does the work they want to, and everyone is alright with that. This country uses gold for chamber pots and prison chains, pearls and diamonds for children’s playthings, and requires that a man and a woman see each other exactly as they are, naked, before getting married. This book gave the word ‘utopia’ the meaning of a perfect society, while the Greek word actually means ‘no place’. Enjoy listening to this story about a country that really is too good to be true. (Summary by Jenilee for Librivox)
Total running time: 3 hours, 54 minutes
# 01 – Discourses of Raphael Hythloday, Part 1
# 02 – Discourses of Raphael Hythloday, Part 2
# 03 – Discourses of Raphael Hythloday, Part 3
# 04 – Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot
# 06 – Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life
# 08 – Of the Travelling of the Utopians
# 09 – Of Their Slaves and of Their Marriages
In Freedom’s Cause by G. A. Henty
Another stirring tale from the master of historical fiction set in the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace and their struggle for Scotland’s independence. (Summary by Annise)
Total running time: 10 hours, 16 minutes
