Babe Ruth: Farewell to Baseball radio broadcast
Click here to see some downloadable resources from CurrClick which could be used in a unit study of baseball. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Ernest Shackleton, radio broadcast
Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate: “Tear Down This Wall!”
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.
selected O. Henry stories
Tiananmen Square
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.
June 4, 1989
Video of the lone protester in Tiananmen Square, who has become a symbol of courage and the desire for freedom.
Eric Liddell
The Torchlighters animated children’s series about Christian Heroes is very well done. Here is a preview:
Netflix subscribers can stream Chariots of Fire,the Academy Award winning movie about Eric Liddell, from their home computer. Here is the original trailer:
Parents, please use caution with You Tube videos. These videos may display a pop-up ad.
Early America videos
Archiving Early America has several videos about the founding of our country. Click here to view their full list and to play the videos, which include:
- The Ben Franklin Story
- The Life of George Washington
- Declaring Independence
- Paul Revere, Messenger of the Revolution
- The Shot Heard Around the World
- The Treason of Benedict Arnold
- The Real Face of George Washington (video about Mount Rushmore)
- Molly Pitcher, and American Heroine
These videos play in FLASH, so you will need to have the flash plugin software installed on your computer to watch them.
Kids, please get permission from an adult before leaving My Audio School.
The Ben Franklin Story: video
Click here to go to Archiving Early America, where you can see a two-part video about Ben Franklin.
Click here to view downloadable curriculum from CurrClick relating to Ben Franklin.
These links will take you away from My Audio School.
The Life of George Washington: video
Archiving Early America has several videos on their site. Click here to see their three part series on the life of George Washington.
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study the American Revolutionary War.
Clicking these links will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.
First Atomic Bomb Attack on Hiroshima and Japanese Surrender
Underwater Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll
Each of these broadcasts lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes, but taken together they give a good picture of the events which ended World War 2 and brought about the surrender of Japan.
Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima
BBC Report on Hiroshima Bombing
CBS’ Edward Morrow reports Russia Declares War on Japan
President Truman threatens Japan with further atomic attacks
August 12, 1945 CBS World News Today
False Initial Report of Japanese Surrender
Secretary Forrestal on Japanese Surrender
CBS Reports Truman accepts Japanese Surrender
CBS Robert Trout reports end of the war
Hiro Hito announces Japanese Surrender (in Japanese)
VJ Day report from White House
King George VI addresses the Empire
General MacArthur on Victory Over Japan
Japanese Surrender Ceremony Onboard USS Missouri
This broadcast is longer than the others (perhaps about 45 minutes long), but may be of interest to older students.
Greek myths on Kiddie Records Weekly
Kiddie Records weekly has Diana and the Golden Apple and The Trojan Horse, both broadcast during week 12 of 2009.
Click here to go to the 2009 index, then page down to week 12. Click on week 12, and either click “launch streaming audio” to play this album, or download the audio file.
This link will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.
Our Island Story Part 1 by H. E. Marshall
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Part two of this book is also available. Click here to go to Our Island Story part 2.
To hear this book, click play in the box below, or click on the chapter titles in this post.
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.
Our Island Story: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Stories of Albion and Brutus
Chapter 2: The Coming of the Romans
Chapter 3: The Romans Come Again
Chapter 4: How Caligula Conquered Britain
Chapter 5: The Story of a Warrior Queen
Chapter 6: The Last of the Romans
Chapter 7: The Story of St. Alban
Chapter 8: Vortigern and King Constans
Chapter 9: The Coming of Hengist and Horsa
Chapter 10: Hengist’s Treachery
Chapter 11: How the Giant’s Dance was Brought to Britain
Chapter 12: The Coming of Arthur
Chapter 13: The Founding of the Round Table
Chapter 14: Gregory and the Pretty Children
Chapter 15: How King Alfred Learned to Read
Chapter 16: King Alfred in the Cowherd’s Cottage
Chapter 17: More About Alfred the Great
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Chapter 18: Ethelred the Unready
Chapter 19: How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown
Chapter 20: Canute and the Waves
Chapter 21: Edward the Confessor
Chapter 23: The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Chapter 24: The Battle of Hastings
Chapter 25: William the Conqueror
Chapter 28: The Story of the White Ship
Chapter 29: The Story of King Stephen
Chapter 30: Gilbert and Rohesia
Chapter 32: Conquest of Ireland
Chapter 33: Richard Coer de Lion
Chapter 34: How Blondel found the King
Chapter 39: The Story of the Poisoned Dagger
Chapter 40: The Little War of Chalons
Chapter 41: The First Prince of Wales
Chapter 42: The Hammer of the Scots
Chapter 43: Robert the Bruce and Bohun
Chapter 44: The Battle of Bannockburn
Chapter 45: The Battle of Sluys
Chapter 46: The Battle of Crecy
Chapter 47: The Siege of Calais
Chapter 48: The Battle of Poitiers
Chapter 49: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion
Chapter 50: How King Richard II Lost His Throne
Chapter 51: The Battle of Shrewsbury
Chapter 52: How Prince Hal was Sent to Prison
Modern Kids, Vincent van Gogh. Portrait of Joseph Roulin. Arles, early 1889
courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Click here to see a CurrClick Lapbook project pack on Great Artists of the World. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters. 1975-2005.
The Museum of Modern Art did not include this work of art with the podcast, perhaps for copyright reasons. I’ve posted a link below the podcast where you can see the images.
courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
This link takes you to a gallery online where you can see 32 Brown Sisters images. You’ll see one picture with an orange dot beside it. Hovering over the dot will reveal more of the photos, and you can click on the one you want to enlarge
Note: Clicking the link for the Fraenkel Gallery will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Robert Smithson. Corner Mirror with Coral. 1969
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: James Turrell. A Frontal Passage. 1994
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Richard Artschwager. Splatter Chair I. 1992
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Waltercio Caldas. Mirror of Light. 1974
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Jacob Lawrence. The Migration Series. 1940-41
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Claes Oldenburg. Giant Soft Fan. 1966-67
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art