Educational resources for busy parents
The Snow Goose is a short story set during World War 2. A portion of the story takes place during the British retreat from Dunkirk.
Click here to hear The Snow Goose on Kiddie Records Weekly. Page down to January week 4 and click the link for The Snow Goose. Then look below the album cover and click the link where it says Audio Stream: Click here to listen.
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Winston Churchill: Do Your Worst
Winston Churchill Biography in Sound on Old Time Radio Programs
Winston Churchill’s famous 1942 speech in the U.S., “Now we are masters of our fate”
brief clip from Winston Churchill’s 1940 speech
Winston Churchill’s speech about the Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill: We Shall Fight on the Beaches
Churchill’s speech about the German surrender:
Historic footage of VE Day in London, 8th May, 1945
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!
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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.
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