Fall of the Berlin Wall

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ABC News Broadcast of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Here is another video clip, this time of Regan at the Brandenburg Gate, pleading with Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall!”

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Click here to see a Cold War Era project pack for 7th grade and above from CurrClick. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

Ronald Reagan speaking about Assassination Attempt

Ronald Reagan speaks with Larry King about the assassination attempt on his life, March 30, 1981.

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Panama Canal video

Here is an interesting time-lapse video showing the journey of a cruise ship through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. In less than 2 minutes you’ll get a good understanding of the length of the canal and how a ship moves through the locks.

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Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used while studying the Panama Canal. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

John F. Kennedy’s Moon speech

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In Flanders Field by John McCrae

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In Flanders Field by John McCrae

The Sinking of the Titanic and Other Great Sea Disasters by Logan Marshall

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Chapter 1

Chapters 2 and 3

Chapters 4 and 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapters 8 and 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12 part 1

Chapter 12 part 2

Chapters 13 and 14

Chapters 15, 16 and 17

Titanic iceberg

Chapters 18 and 19

Chapter 20

Chapters 21 and 22

Chapters 23, 24, and 25

Titanic lifeboat with survivors

Chapters 26 and 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Eric Liddell

The Torchlighters animated children’s series about Christian Heroes is very well done. Here is a preview:

Netflix subscribers can stream Chariots of Fire,the Academy Award winning movie about Eric Liddell, from their home computer. Here is the original trailer:

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Hindenburg disaster

This is a new sound composite, produced by C. E. Price, of news footage of the Hindenburg explosion and Herb Morrison’s reporting of the event.

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Lady at the Tea Table by Mary Cassatt

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Total running time: 6 hours, 55 minutes

Chapter 1  Miss Polly

Chapter 2  The Coming of Tom and Nancy

Chapter 3  The Coming of Pollyanna

Balcony Room by Adolph von Menzel

Chapter 4  The Little Attic Room

Chapter 5  The Game

Chapter 6  A Question of Duty

Chapter 7  Pollyanna and Punishments

Chapter 8  Pollyanna Pays a Visit

Chapter 9  Which Tells of the Man

Chapter 10 Surprise for Mrs. Snow

Chapter 11  Introducing Jimmy

Ladies' Aid

Chapter 12  Before the Ladies’ Aid

Chapter 13  In Pendleton Woods

Chapter 14  Just a Matter of Jelly

Chapter 15  Dr. Chilton

Chapter 16  A Red Rose and a Lace Shawl

Chapter 17  “Just like a book”

Chapter 18  Prisms

Chapter 19  Which is Somewhat Surprising

Chapter 20  Which is More Surprising

Chapter 21  A Question is Answered

Chapter 22  Sermons and Woodboxes

1913 automobile

Chapter 23  An Accident

Chapter 24  John Pendleton

Chapter 25  A Waiting Game

Chapter 26  A Door Ajar

Chapter 27  Two Visits

Chapter 28  The Game and its Players

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window by Jan Vermeer

Chapter 29  Through an Open Window

Chapter 30  Jimmy Takes the Helm

Chapter 31  A New Uncle

Chapter 32  Which is a Letter from Pollyanna

The War of the Worlds radio theater

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

Norman Rockwell

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Norman Rockwell, an American Icon

Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter

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Running time 3 hours, 32 minutes

01 – The Tale of Peter Rabbit

02 – The Tailor of Gloucester

03 – The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

04 – The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

05 – The Tale of Two Bad Mice

06 – The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

07 – The Pie and the Patty-Pan

08 – The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher

09 – The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

10 – The Story of Miss Moppet

11 – The Tale of Tom Kitten

12 – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

13 – The Roly-Poly Pudding

14 – The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

15 – The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse

16 – The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

17 – The Tale of Mr Tod

18 – The Tale of Pigling Bland

19 – Ginger and Pickles

Great Speeches in History podcast

Kids Learn Out Loud has gathered several famous speeches in this free podcast. This podcast includes Ronald Reagan’s inaugural address, John F. Kennedy’s acceptance of the democratic party nomination, Robert F. Kennedy marking the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Daniel Webster’s Plymouth oration, President Obama’s 2004 DNC keynote address and Eisenhower’s farewell address.

Great Speeches in History Podcast

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You are there! Women’s Suffrage

You are There! Women’s Rights Convention

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Charlie Chaplin

The Pawnshop, 1916

The Champion, 1915