Thanksgiving Proclamations

Turkey Truthahn by Ustad Mansur, 1612

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick for Thanksgiving study. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

Free Audio.org has provided 3 historic Thanksgiving Proclamations for download or streaming.

Click here to listen to William Bradford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, and Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation.

You can find more podcasts like these at Free Audio.

Georg Friedrich Handel

Georg Friedrich Handel, by Balthasar Denner, public domain image

Classics for Kids has many excellent podcasts for children about composers.  Here are some links to their site:

You can read a short biography of Handel here. Click “hear the music” to hear a selection from Handel.  And here are some podcasts about Handel.

Click here to listen to all of their podcasts about Handel, and to view activity sheets and brief quizzes.
Titles include:

About George Frederick Handel

The Story of the Water Music

Other Water Music

Music By Royalty and Nobility

For more great podcasts and worksheets about other composers, go to Classics for Kids.

Clicking these links will take you away from My Audio School, so please be sure you have an adult’s permission.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable materials from CurrClick which could be used in a study of composers. This link will also take you away from My Audio School.

The Legend of Squanto: Focus on the Family Radio Theater broadcast

Squanto teaching

Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick about Squanto. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

To listen to the radio broadcast of  Focus on the Family: The Legend of Squanto, part one, click here.

To listen to the radio broadcast of Focus on the Family: The Legend of Squanto, part two, click here.

Clicking these links will take you away from My Audio School to the Focus on the Family site.  Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.

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


To download this book to MP3 click here.

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Click here to view downloadable curriculum from CurrClick which could be used to enhance a study of Colonial America. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

You can also click play in the box below, or click on the chapter titles throughout this post to hear individual chapters.

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

http://www.archive.org/download/american_history_librivox/americanhistorystories1_12_pratt_64kb.mp3

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

 Gullivers travels, title page

For this book’s Librivox internet archive page, click here.

Download to Mp3 as a zipped file

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Note: This book has some sections which parents may consider objectionable. Please consult your trusted curriculum provider, and see our note about High School Literature. Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources which could be used in a study of Gulliver’s Travels. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

You can also click play in the box below, or listen to individual chapters by clicking on the links in this post.

00 – Introduction

Part 1

01 – Part 1, Chapter 1

Gulliver Grandville 02

02 – Part 1, Chapter 2
03 – Part 1, Chapter 3

Gulliver Grandville 03

04 – Part 1, Chapter 4

05 – Part 1, Chapter 5

Gulliver, Grandville

06 – Part 1, Chapter 6


07 – Part 1, Chapter 7

08 – Part 1, Chapter 8

Gulliver, Grandville

Part 2

09 – Part 2, Chapter 1
Gulliver, Grandville
10 – Part 2, Chapter 2

11 – Part 2, Chapter 3

Gulliver, Grandville

12 – Part 2, Chapter 4

13 – Part 2, Chapter 5
Gulliver, Grandville

14 – Part 2, Chapter 6

15 – Part 2, Chapter 7

Gulliver in Liliput,Bremen

16 – Part 2, Chapter 8

Part 3

17 – Part 3, Chapter 1

Gulliver color

18 – Part 3, Chapter 2

19 – Part 3, Chapter 3

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver

20 – Part 3, Chapter 4

21 – Part 3, Chapter 5

Map of Lilliput

22 – Part 3, Chapter 6

23 – Part 3, Chapter 7

Gulliver Laputa, J.J. Grandville

24 – Part 3, Chapter 8

25 – Part 3, Chapter 9

26 – Part 3, Chapter 10

27 – Part 3, Chapter 11

Gullivers Travels

Part 4

28 – Part 4, Chapter 1

29 – Part 4, Chapter 2

30 – Part 4, Chapter 3

31 – Part 4, Chapter 4

32 – Part 4, Chapter 5

33 – Part 4, Chapter 6

34 – Part 4, Chapter 7

35 – Part 4, Chapter 8

36 – Part 4, Chapter 9

37 – Part 4, Chapter 10

38 – Part 4, Chapter 11

39 – Part 4, Chapter 12

Richard of Jamestown: A Story of the Virginia Colony by James Otis

Jamestown Virginia settlement ships

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Click here to view downloadable CurrClick resources which could be used in a study of Jamestown. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

Total running time: 3 hours, 8 minutes

To listen, click play in the box below or click on the chapter links.

storm at sea detail by Peter Bruegel the elder

Forward

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Virginia Fisherman Island, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia photo by Ebyabe, GNU Free documentation license
Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Captain John Smith, retouched and digitally altered derivative work by Spiderpig, GNU Free Documentation license

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Baptism of Pocahontas in Jamestown

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Oysters, Huitres, by Julienbzh35, GNU Free documentation license

Chapter 15

Chapter 16