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The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787
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Internet archive page
- Article 1 – 00:12:58
- Article 2 – 00:05:51
- Article 3 – 00:02:37
- Article 4 – 00:02:14
- Article 5 – 00:01:08
- Article 6 – 00:01:18
- Article 7 – 00:02:04
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Norton Anthology of Poetry links
The Norton Anthology of Poetry has provided a web companion with several poems read aloud. Here is their homepage where you can find several additional resources. Below are links to the poems on their site. Click on the links to go to their site, and then click on the speaker beside the text of each poem to hear it read aloud. You’ll need QuickTime for the audio player to work.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400) The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale
Sir Patrick Spens Early Modern Ballads
Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 1542) They Flee from Me
Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603) When I Was Fair and Young
Edmund Spenser (1552 – 1599) Sonnet 75
Christopher Marlowe (1564 – 1593) The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Sonnet 146
John Donne (1572 – 1631) A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672) To My Dear and Loving Husband
Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743 – 1825) The Rights of Woman
William Blake (1757 – 1827) London
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) Kubla Khan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892) Ulysses
Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892) Song of Myself
Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) #712
William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939) Easter 1916
Wallace Stevens (1879 – 1955) Sunday Morning
William Carlos Williams (1883 – 1963) This Is Just to Say
Marianne Moore (1887 – 1972) Poetry
Wilfred Owen (1893 – 1918) Dulce Et Decorum Est
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967) The Weary Blues
W. H. Auden (1907 – 1973) In Memory of W. B. Yeats
Dylan Thomas (1914 – 1953) Fern Hill
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 – 2000) We Real Cool
Denise Levertov (1923 – 1997) Tenebrae
Adrienne Rich (b. 1929) Diving into the Wreck
Derek Walcott (b. 1930) A Far Cry from Africa
Eavan Boland (b. 1944) That the Science of Cartography Is Limited
Rita Dove (b. 1952) Parsley
Li-Young Lee (b. 1957) Persimmons
Ancient and Medieval Church History
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.
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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
Edgar Allen Poe, selected short works
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, translated by Samuel Moore
Internet archive
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A recording in the original German language is available here.
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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
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
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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Total running time: 3 hours, 13 minutes
In Flanders Field by John McCrae
The Bill of Rights
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Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by William Lighton
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06 – To the Falls of the Missouri
07 – Over the Continental Divide
08 – The Last Stage of the Westward Journey
Selected Poems by Robert Frost
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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.
Robert Frost reads his poem The Road Not Taken
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.
Click here to read the e-text for the following poems.
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).
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.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was the forerunner of the Bill of Rights. Thomas Jefferson also drew heavily on this document when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
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)
Running time: 3 hours, 51 minutes
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan
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Part 00 – Publisher’s Foreword & Preface
Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss
Summary: “How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!” Thus begins the lifelong diary of young Katherine as she pours out her hopes, dreams, and spiritual journey on the pages of her dear, old journal. Whimsical and charming Katherine is engagingly candid about her character flaws and her desire to know God. As you listen to her share her heart through these journal entries, you will be amazed and delighted by the depth of her character and the womanly wisdom and godliness she develops over the years. From the agonies of being a teenager to the delicate balancing act between being a wife/mother/daughter/neighbor, it is easy to relate to Katherine’s triumphs and trials whether you are 16 or 60. Listen to her unforgettable story set in the early 1800’s as you are encouraged to “step heavenward,” and don’t be surprised if you find yourself recommending it to all of your friends and family!(Introduction by Theresa Downey for Librivox)
Running time: 9 hours, 59 minutes
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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
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Chapter 01
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
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00 – Introduction
Part 1
02 – Part 1, Chapter 2
03 – Part 1, Chapter 3
Part 2
09 – Part 2, Chapter 1
10 – Part 2, Chapter 2
Part 3
Part 4
28 – Part 4, Chapter 1
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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Running time: 10 hours, 53 minutes
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
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Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
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Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt, Forward
02 – Ch 02, The Vigor of Life, pt 1
03 – Ch 02, The Vigor of Life, pt 2
04 – Ch 02, The Vigor of Life, pt 3
05 – Ch 03, Practical Politics, pt 1
06 – Ch 03, Practical Politics, pt 2
07 – Ch 03, Practical Politics, pt 3
08 – Ch 04, In Cowboy Land, pt 1
09 – Ch 04, In Cowboy Land, pt 2
10 – Ch 04, In Cowboy Land, pt 3
11 – Ch 05, Applied Idealism, pt 1
12 – Ch 05, Applied Idealism, pt 2
13 – Ch 05, Applied Idealism, pt 3
14 – Ch 06, The New York Police, pt 1
15 – Ch 06, The New York Police, pt 2
16 – Ch 06, The New York Police, pt 3
17 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 1
18 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 2
19 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 3
20 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 4
21 – Ch 07, The War of America the Unready, pt 5
22 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 1
23 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 2
24 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 3
25 – Ch 08, The New York Governorship, pt 4
26 – Ch 09, Outdoors and Indoors, pt 1
27 – Ch 09, Outdoors and Indoors, pt 2
28 – Ch 09, Outdoors and Indoors, pt 3
29 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 1
30 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 2
31 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 3
32 – Ch 10, The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive, pt 4
33 – Ch 11, The Natural Resources of the Nation, pt 1
34 – Ch 11, The Natural Resources of the Nation, pt 2
35 – Ch 11, The Natural Resources of the Nation, pt 3
36 – Ch 12, The Big Stick and the Square Deal, pt 1
37 – Ch 12, The Big Stick and the Square Deal, pt 2
38 – Ch 12, The Big Stick and the Square Deal, pt 3
39 – Ch 13, Social and Industrial Justice, pt 1
40 – Ch 13, Social and Industrial Justice, pt 2
41 – Ch 13, Social and Industrial Justice, pt 3
42 – Ch 14, The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, pt 1
43 – Ch 14, The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, pt 2
44 – Ch 14, The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal, pt 3
45 – Ch 15, The Peace of Rightousness, pt 1
46 – Ch 15, The Peace of Righteousness, pt 2
47 – Appendix A-The Trusts, the People, and the Square Deal, pt 1
48 – Appendix A-The Trusts, the People, and the Square Deal, pt 2
49 – Appendix B-The Control of Corporations and the New Freedom & C-The Blaine Campaign