American History Stories, Volume 1 by Mara L. Pratt

Embarkation of the Pilgrims by Robert W. Weir
Embarkation of the Pilgrims by Robert W. Weir


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01 – Long Ago

02 – Early Discoveries

AHS Viking treasure (Leiden), photo by Marieke Juijjer, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license

03 – Christopher Columbus

04 The Voyage

Santa Maria at anchor by Andries van Eertvelt, painted 1628
Santa Maria at anchor by Andries van Eertvelt, painted 1628


05 – Other Great Explorers

06 – English Explorers

07 – Sir Francis Drake

Defense of Cadiz against the English and Sir Francis Drake 1634
Defense of Cadiz against the English and Sir Francis Drake 1634


08 – Sir Walter Raleigh

09 – The Colonies

10 – Plymouth Colony

Puritan Thanksgiving
Puritan Thanksgiving

11 – The Puritans

12 – The Dutch in America

13 – Other Colonies

14 – Customs in the Colonies

New England Primer

15 – The New England Primer

16 – Manner of Dress

Puritan A Fair Puritan by Moran

17 – Pine-Tree Shillings

18 – Education in the Colonies

19 – Salem Witchcraft

20 – Religious Troubles

21 – William Penn

Treaty of Penn with the Indians by Benjamin West

22 – Indian Troubles

23 – King Philip’s War

24 – French and Indian War

The Victory of Montcalms Troops at Carillon by Henry Alexander Ogden
The Victory of Montcalms Troops at Carillon by Ogden

25 – George Washington in the French and Indian War

26- How the Colonies Grew United

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Selected Poems by Robert Frost

Robert Frost, public domain image from Library of Congress

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Clicking the following links will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School. This excellent site, Robert Frost Out Loud, has several recordings of Frost poems recited by the poet himself, many more read by a Frost enthusiast, and text for each included poem.

Click here to listen to Robert Frost reading his own poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.

Stopping by Woods e-text

Robert Frost reads his poem The Road Not Taken

Road Not Taken e-text

You can hear more audio recordings of Robert Frost poetry at Robert Frost Out Loud. Poems with a blue arrow beside the title are recorded in the poet’s own voice.  To listen, click  on the poem titles.

The Death of the Hired Man

e-text for Hired Man

Fire and Ice

e-text for Fire and Ice

Click here to read the e-text for the following poems.

The Pasture

Mending Wall

Birches

A Boy’s Will is Frost’s first full volume of poetry.  E-text for A Boy’s Will (you must have Adobe Reader to open this e-text).

A Boy’s Will part 1

A Boy’s Will part 2

A Boy’s Will part 3

Contents:
Part I
1. Into My Own
2. Ghost House
3. My November Guest
4. Love and a Question
5. A Late Walk
6. Stars
7. Storm Fear
8. Wind and Window Flower
9. To the Thawing Wind
10. A Prayer in Spring
11. Flower-gathering
12. Rose Pogonias
13. Asking for Roses
14. Waiting—Afield at Dusk
15. In a Vale
16. A Dream Pang
17. In Neglect
18. The Vantage Point
19. Mowing
20. Going for Water

Part II
21. Revelation
22. The Trial by Existence
23. In Equal Sacrifice
24. The Tuft of Flowers
25. Spoils of the Dead
26. Pan with Us
27. The Demiurge’s Laugh

Part III
28. Now Close the Windows
29. A Line-storm Song
30. October
31. My Butterfly
32. Reluctance

Robert Frost: Essential American Poets

Robert Frost: Essential American Poets is a podcast from The Poetry Foundation gives brief biographical information about Robert Frost, along with archival recordings of Frost reading his own poetry, recorded at the Library of Congress in 1959.

Admiral Peary Discovers the North Pole

Peary Sledge Party and Flags at the Pole
Peary Sledge Party and Flags at the Pole

You are there! Peary’s dash to the North Pole

This broadcast was recorded from a record album.  There are a few skips, where the record repeats, but it only lasts a few moments.

Cavalcade of America:  Admiral Peary Discovers the North Pole

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Great Englishwomen by M. B. Synge

Florence Nightingale

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01 – Queen Bertha

02 – Maude the Good

03 – Eleanor of Aquitane

Queen Philippa of Hainault begging her husband Edward III to spare the lives of six burghers in 1347

04 – Philippa of Hainault

05 – Margaret of Anjou

06 – The Lady Margaret

07 – Margaret Roper

Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche

08 – Lady Jane Grey

09 – Princess Elizabeth

10 – Lady Rachel Russell

11 – Angelica Kaufmann

12 – Hannah More

Elizabeth Fry

13 – Elizabeth Fry

14 – Mary Somerville

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

15 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

16 – Florence Nightingale

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan in July 1888

Summary: The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller’s life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to meet her teacher Ann Sullivan, and learned to communicate using the manual alphabet. It then goes on to chronicle her days as a college student. (Summary by Maria for Librivox)

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Running time: 3 hours, 51 minutes

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Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Chapter 07

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Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan in 1898

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Helen Keller

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Helen Keller with President Calvin Coolidge

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. Yonge

mountains from imcphoto, released to public domain use

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View of South China Sea, photo by Jacob.jose, GNU Free Documentation license

01 – Mother Bunch

02 – Visitors from the South Seas

03 – Italy

LL Gondola Venice Italy, image by Wandering Traveler, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license

04 – Greenland

05 – Tyrol

Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, image by Jacky R, licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license

06 – Africa

07 – Laplanders

08 – China

Chinese dragon, public domain image

09 -Kamschatka

10 – The Turk

11 – Switzerland

12 – The Cossack

13 – Spain

Munich, Germany Karlsplatz, late 19th century

14 – Germany

15 – Paris in the siege

16 – The American Guest

17 – The Dream of All Nations

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan

The Cross, public domain image

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Part 00 – Publisher’s Foreword & Preface

Part 01 – Paragraphs 001-040

Part 02 – Paragraphs 041-076

Part 03 – Paragraphs 077-110

Part 04 – Paragraphs 111-147

Bunyan

Part 05 – Paragraphs 148-178

Part 06 – Paragraphs 179-205

Part 07 – Paragraphs 206-236

Part 08 – Paragraphs 237-264

Bunyan in prison

Part 09 – A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry; A Brief Account of the Author’s Imprisonment and The Conclusion