Early America videos

Archiving Early America has several videos about the founding of our country.  Click here to view their full list and to play the videos, which include:

• The Ben Franklin Story
• The Life of George Washington
• Declaring Independence
• Paul Revere, Messenger of the Revolution
• The Shot Heard Around the World
• The Treason of Benedict Arnold
• The Real Face of George Washington (video about Mount Rushmore)
• Molly Pitcher, and American Heroine

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Click here to see downloadable curriculum from CurrClick which could be used to enhance a study of Colonial America.

The Life of George Washington: video

Archiving Early America has several videos on their site.   Click here to see their three part series on the life of George Washington.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study the American Revolutionary War.
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Music from Early America

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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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

To read the text of this poem, click here.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study the American Revolutionary War.

Click here to see a downloadable lapbook about Paul Revere.
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Paul Revere and the Minute Men

This 14 minute audio drama, presented by The Reading Well, is based on the Landmark book Paul Revere and the Minute Men by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study the American Revolutionary War.

Click here to see a downloadable lapbook about Paul Revere.
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Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness

This 14 minute audio drama is based on the Landmark book by John Mason Brown, and is presented by The Reading Well.

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

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Common Sense  can be streamed or downloaded as a zip file from Free Audio.

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You can find more podcasts like this one at Free Audio.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used in a study of Thomas Paine.

The Declaration of Independence

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To listen to The Declaration of Independence, as read by Bill Barker, who interprets Thomas Jefferson for Colonial Williamsburg, go to Monticello Podcasts. You’ll need to page most of the way down the page, to the podcast titled Jefferson’s Words: Two Declarations.

Read along by clicking here.

To see a video of the reading of the Declaration of Independence from Colonial Williamsburg, go to the Colonial Williamsburg Video page. This video is titled We Hold These Truths. You’ll need to page down to find it.  This video is archived  on June 29, 2009.

For more excellent audio and video podcasts from Colonial Williamsburg, go to History.org.

Page down to the April 27, 2009 podcast to hear Thomas Jefferson on religious freedom, and the April 20, 2009 podcast to hear Patrick Henry on religious freedom.

The American Revolution

This 25 minute audio drama, based on the Landmark book by Bruce Bliven, Jr., is presented by The Reading Well.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study the American Revolutionary War. These links will take you away from My Audio School.

The Winter at Valley Forge

This 14 minute audio drama, based on the Landmark title by F. Van Wyck Mason, is presented by The Reading Well.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study the American Revolutionary War. This link will take you away from My Audio School.