Educational resources for busy parents
Ronald Reagan speaks with Larry King about the assassination attempt on his life, March 30, 1981.
Parents, please do not allow your children to peruse YouTube (or any other video sharing site) alone, and preview all video content before sharing with your children.
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Click here to view downloadable curriculum from CurrClick which could be used for a study of the Middle Ages. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
To listen, click play in the box below or click on the chapter titles.
Total running time: 5 hours, 22 minutes
06 – The Destruction of Pompeii
08 – Decline of the Roman Empire
13 – King Arthur and His Knights
16 – How the Northmen Conquered England
29 – The Invention of Printing
31 – Vasco Da Gama’s Great Voyage
37 – Discovery of the New World
Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, has made several classes available for free online through their Worldwide Classroom.
Although Ancient and Medieval Church History is a college-level course, I believe it would be appropriate for a high school student studying this topic.
In order to listen to these free classes, you’ll need to register with Worldwide Classroom. After registering, you’ll be able to listen to all of these sessions on Mp3, as well as download written transcripts and study guides for each lecture.
Click here to learn more about this course or to download a syllabus.
Click here to learn more about Worldwide Classroom.
Click here for Covenant Theological Seminary’s statement of faith.
Here is a course description and a list of the topics covered in this course.
Course Description (taken from the Worldwide Classroom site):
A study of Christianity from the Early Church to the dawn of the Reformation, with source material readings. This course places an emphasis on the application of church history to life and ministry and helps the student to understand the development of Christian thought and the formulation of doctrine as part of God’s overall pattern of history. This course is taught by David Calhoun.
Lesson 1: The Study of Church History
Lesson 2: The Growth of the Christian Church
Lesson 3: The Persecutions
Lesson 4: The Apologists
Lesson 5: Orthodoxy and Heresy
Lesson 6: Canon, Creed, and Bishops
Lesson 7: The Early Church Fathers
Lesson 8: The People of the Early Church
Lesson 9: The Church in the Fourth Century
Lesson 10: The Beginnings of Monasticism
Lesson 11: Donatism
Lesson 12: The Council of Nicea
Lesson 13: Cappadocians and Constantinople
Lesson 14: Ambrose, Jerome, and Chrysostom
Lesson 15: Augustine’s Confessions
Lesson 16: Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy
Lesson 17: Augustine’s Theology of History
Lesson 18: The Council of Chalcedon
Lesson 19: The Early Middle Ages
Lesson 20: Medieval Missions
Lesson 21: The Christianization of Great Britain
Lesson 22: Learning and Theology
Lesson 23: Eastern Orthodoxy
Lesson 24: The Late Middle Ages
Lesson 25: Medieval Monasticism
Lesson 26: Crusades or Missions?
Lesson 27: The Waldensians
Lesson 28: Scholastic Theology
Lesson 29: Thomas Aquinas
Lesson 30: The Sacramental System
Lesson 31: Church and State
Lesson 32: Wycliffe and Hus
Lesson 33: Reform in Italy
Lesson 34: Mysticism and the Modern Devotion
Lesson 35: The Waning of the Middle Ages
Appendix A: Catholic World Missions
Appendix B: The Spread of the Western Church
Appendix C: The Spread of the Eastern Church
Appendix D: The 100 Most Important Dates in Church History
Summary: From the first chapter: “History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the things that are happening here and now, and that are put in the newspapers, will be history for little children one of these days. And the people you read about in history were real live people, who were good and bad, and glad and sorry, just as people are now-a-days.”
E. Nesbit writes about some of the people behind the names, dates and battles of English History in this lovely book for older children. The original book contains some beautiful illustrations and you can see those by clicking the ‘Gutenberg’ link below. (Summary by Cori Samuel for Librivox)
To hear this book, click play in the box below or click on the chapter links.
Total running time: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Internet archive
Download as a zipped file
A recording in the original German language is available here.
Click here to see a Cold War Era project pack for 7th grade and above from CurrClick. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Note: Technically this book belongs to 19th century literature, as it was published in 1848, but because of the impact it had on the 20th century we are classifying it here, as well.
Section 1: Bourgeois and Proletarians 00:39:48
Section 2: Proletarians and Communists 00:27:24
Inside Birding: Episode One, Size and Shape
This video series from All About Birds is designed to teach children the basics to birdwatching.
Here is a summary about this episode from the All About Birds site.
Learn the most fundamental skill for identifying birds: recognizing them by size and shape.
Chris and Jessie show you how to compare different birds and employ your observations to make a confident ID. Join them in the field to practice these techniques on common birds and learn how to distinguish similar species such as Hairy and Downy woodpeckers.
Check out the online bird guide at All About Birds!
Click here for more links from All About Birds. Page down to Explore More to read about sharpening your ID skills with silhouettes, a video about the American Robin, and honing your ability to ID birds with beak size and shape.
Episode Two: Color Pattern
Episode Summary from the All About Birds Site:
If you’re relying solely on your field guide to make an ID, you might be missing out on easy opportunities to identify the birds you see.
Join Jessie and Chris as they demonstrate the importance of observing a bird’s overall color pattern. Learn to recognize specific features and patterns to identify birds with confidence.
To learn more, go to the All About Birds Site and page down to the Explore More section. You’ll find links to information about dark and light plumage patterns, key field marks to watch for, the different parts of a bird, and birding the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, an episode location.
All About Birds has the best online bird guide on the web!
Episode Three: Behavior
Summary of this episode from the All About Birds website:
Besides being fun, observing the way a bird behaves can provide critical clues to its identity. With stunning footage from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library, Chris and Jessie show you different types of behaviors to watch for and how to interpret them.
Click here to see links relating to this episode, including the Macaulay Library, behavior clues in greater detail, and birding at Green Cay, an episode location.
Episode Four: Habitat
Here is a summary about Episode Four: Habitat from the All About Birds Website:
Inside this Episode
Join Jessie and Chris as they bird the marshes, cypress swamps, and nearby mangroves of Florida’s Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in pursuit of the elusive Limpkin.
You’ll learn how to employ your observations of habitat to help you determine the probability of finding birds in certain locations and to confirm the identity of the birds you see.
For links and more information, click here. Page down to Explore More to check out the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge, great birding opportunities in Southern Florida, or to visit eBird for dynamic information on when and where to find birds.
All About Birds has the best online bird guide on the web!
Click here to view downloadable curriculum from CurrClick relating to the study of birds.
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Click here for a CurrClick copywork book based on The Insect Folk. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
To hear this book, click play in the box below or click on the chapter titles.
08 – The Shorthorned Grasshoppers
09 – The Longhorned Grasshoppers
11 – The Cricket-Like Grasshoppers
12 – The Cheery Cricket People
21 – The Well Dressed Lace Bug
25 – The Well Protected Stink Bug
Edith Wharton’s 1911 novel Ethan Frome tells the story of a tragic love triangle. Set in the highly symbolic wintry landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts, the narrative centers on the title character’s fraught relationships with his “sickly, cantankerous” wife Zeena and his young, beautiful cousin Mattie Silver. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett for Librivox)
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You can stream individual chapters of this book using the player widget located on its Librivox Internet archive page
Total running time: 3 hours, 13 minutes
Internet archive page
Download as a zipped file
Running time: 8 hours, 17 mminutes
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used in a study of this book. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
To hear this book, click play in the box below or click on the chapter titles.
00 Preface, Dedication, Disclaimer
01 I Journey to the House of Shaws
03 I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle
04 I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws
06 What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry
09 The Man With the Belt of Gold
15 The Lad With the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull
16 The Lad With the Silver Button: Across Morven
18 I Talk With Alan in the Wood of Lettermore
20 The Flight in the Heather: The Rocks
26 End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth
To see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used in a study of the Renaissance, click here. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
To view all of the 16 beautiful full-color illustrations that accompany this text on one page, click here. They are also included in this post.
To listen to this book, you can click play in the box below, or click on the individual chapter titles.
Running time: 4 hours, 12 minutes
02 The Thirteenth Century in Europe
08 The Renaissance in the North
13 Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century
Here is an interesting time-lapse video showing the journey of a cruise ship through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. In less than 2 minutes you’ll get a good understanding of the length of the canal and how a ship moves through the locks.
Parents, please do not allow your children to peruse YouTube (or any other video sharing site) alone, and preview all video content before sharing with your children.
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used while studying the Panama Canal. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Note: please see the bottom of this post for information about 5 missing chapters.
To read the text yourself, click here.
Total running time: 4 hours, 40 minutes
Click here to view downloadable curriculum from CurrClick which could be used for a study of the Middle Ages. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Click on the chapter titles or click play in the box below to listen to this book.
Chapter 1, The Gods of the Teutons
28, William Tell and Arnold von Winkelreid
Note: The original version of this book was published by Haaren and Poland in 1904, and is now in the public domain. There is another version which was edited by Rob and Cindy Shearer, and published by Greenleaf Press in 1992 and again in 2007. This newer version contains 5 additional chapters, written by Rob Shearer. The book that Mr. Shearer updated is not in the public domain, but it can be purchased from Greenleaf Press.
The five additional chapters in the newer version of this book are:
Chapter II Augustine of Hippo
Chapter IV Patrick of Ireland
Chapter IX Benedict and Gregory
Chapter XXII Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV
Chapter XXVI Francis and Dominic
If you’d like to listen to audio content that is available, as a replacement for these missing chapters, we suggest the following:
We are still looking for audio material to replace content from these other chapters. If we are able to locate suitable content, we’ll post the links here.
Parents, please do not allow your children to peruse YouTube (or any other video sharing site) alone, and preview all video content before sharing with your children.
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from the Frog Prince Tales.
To download this story to MP3, click here.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from Andrew Lang’s The Blue Fairy Book. To read the text yourself, click here. To download the entire Blue Fairy Book to MP3,click here.
Aladdin by Anonymous, from Children’s Short Stories v. 4
General Mills Radio Adventure Theater: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Click here to see CurrClick’s downloadable copywork notebook for Aladdin. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
To listen, click play in the box or click on the chapter links.
CBS Football Broadcast War Bulletin
FDR’s Pearl Harbor address
CBS John Charles Daly Reports Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
CBS Joint Congress Session Declaration of War Proceedings
You can find more audio and video of FDR’s Fireside chats, presidential addresses and much more at The American Presidency Project. Clicking this link will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School!
Parents, please do not allow your children to peruse YouTube (or any other video sharing site) alone, and preview all video content before sharing with your children.
To read this book yourself online, click here.
Click here for a FREE study guide for Anne of Green Gables. Clicking this link will take you away from My Audio School.
To listen, click play in the box below or click on the chapter links.
01. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Surprised
02. Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised
03. Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised
08. Anne’s Bringing-Up Is Begun
09. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Properly Horrified
11. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday School
13. The Delights of Anticipation
15. A Tempest in the School Teapot
16. Diana is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results
19. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession
20. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong
21. A New Departure in Flavorings
22. Anne is Invited Out to Tea
23. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
24. Miss Stacy and her Pupils Get Up a Concert
25. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
27. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
30. The Queen’s Class is Organized
31. Where the Brook and River Meet
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