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A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Monet Water lilies 1917-1919

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Flowers on the windowsill by Carl Larsson

A Child’s Garden of Verses

The Child Alone

Carl Larsson, Lisbeth Fishing

Garden Days

Envoys

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Captains of Industry Old time radio show

CI Upstairs at Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory (removed to Greenfield Village), note the organ against the back wall, published by Andrew Balet under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 Generic license

“Captain of industry” was a term originally used during the Industrial Revolution describing a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy. (definition from Wikimedia)

Andrew Carnegie

George Westinghouse

Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer, chromolithograph superimposed on composite front cover of his newspapers, c. 1904, public domain image from the U.S. Library of Congress prints and photographs division

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cyrus McCormick

Cyrus McCormick's reaper, public domain image

Charles Lewis Tiffany

Frank W Woolworth

Charles Lewis Tiffany, 1900, public domain image

Marshall Field

George Pullman

The 1908 Studebaker Brothers limousine.  This limousine had an open driver's compartment for the chauffeur and a closed cabin for the passengers, typical in Edwardian limousines, public domain image

The Studebaker Brothers of South Bend Indiana

George Eastman

William Wrigley Jr.

Milton Hershey

Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle, c. 1914, public domain image

E. I. DuPont

Thomas Alva Edison

John Davison Rockefeller

Phineas T. Barnum

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Edgar Allen Poe, selected short works

illustration to The Purloined Letter by E.A. Poe, illustrator unknown, public domain image

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The Tell Tale Heart

The Purloined Letter

The Fall of the House of Usher, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, public domain

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Pit and the Pendulum

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Lewis and Clark Radio Theater

Lewis and Clark portraits

Lewis and Clark on the General Mills Radio Adventure theater

The American Trail: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used with a study of Lewis and Clark. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

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Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Girl Arranging her Hair, Mary Cassatt

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Click here for a FREE study guide for Anne of Green Gables.  Clicking this link will take you away from My Audio School.

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

Child with red hair reading

01. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Surprised

02. Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised

03. Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised

04. Morning at Green Gables

05. Anne’s History

06. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

07. Anne Says Her Prayers


08. Anne’s Bringing-Up Is Begun

09. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Properly Horrified

Camille_Pissarro_033, painting in the public domain, comilation held by Yorck project, GNU Free Documentation license

10. Anne’s Apology

11. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday School

12. A Solemn Vow and Promise

13. The Delights of Anticipation


14. Anne’s Confession

15. A Tempest in the School Teapot

Tea, Mary Cassatt

16. Diana is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results

17. A New Interest in Life

18. Anne to the Rescue

19. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession

20. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong

21. A New Departure in Flavorings

22. Anne is Invited Out to Tea

Mary Cassatt, The Cup of Tea

23. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor

24. Miss Stacy and her Pupils Get Up a Concert

25. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

26. The Story Club is Formed

27. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

28. An Unfortunate Lily Maid

Midnight by Anders Zorn

29. An Epoch in Anne’s Life

30. The Queen’s Class is Organized

31. Where the Brook and River Meet

32. The Pass List is Out

33. The Hotel Concert

Young Woman with Auburn Hair in a Pink Blouse, Mary Cassatt

34. A Queen’s Girl

35. The Winter at Queen’s

36. The Glory and the Dream

37. The Reaper Whose Name is Death

38. The Bend in the Road

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The Pony Express

Pony express ride, circa 1861, public domain image

This 14 minute audio drama, based on the Landmark book by Samuel Adams Hopkins, is presented by The Reading Well.

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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.

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Music from Early America

Spirit of '76 by A.M. Willard

Archiving Early America has posted midi files for several songs from various early American time periods.

Revolutionary War Music

French and Indian War Music

The 18th Century

George Washington’s Life

The War of 1812

The Star Spangled Banner and America

Yankee Doodle Dandy

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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.

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Lewis and Clark: The Great Journey West video trailer and resources

National Geographic has released an excellent movie about Lewis and Clark, titled The Great Journey West. To watch the movie trailer, click the link, and look in the left hand sidebar for the words “Preview the Trailer”.

On their site you can view a preview of the movie, find out where to see the movie, download lesson plans, view the Family Activity Guide, and more.

You may also enjoy  National Geographic’s Go West page for interactive games about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

These links will take you away from My Audio School.  Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.

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