Wyzant
Wyzant: Bill Clinton
Biographical information on Bill Clinton including audio recordings of tapes and speeches.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Lyndon B. Johnson
Brief history of Lyndon B. Johnson's life and career in politics as well as links to a sample of audio recordings of speeches and speeches given by Johnson.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Tracy K. Smith, New u.s. Poet Laureate, Calls Poems Her 'Anchor'
A profile of Tracy K. Smith, the U.S. Poet Laureate for 2017. Includes an audio recording of her reading the poem "When Your Small Form Tumbled Into Me." (Published June 14, 2017)
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us. Printable Page
This article "Freedom: A History of US: Webisode 10, Segment 6: Hard Times," from Thirteen WNET New York, gives the reader an informative snapshot of the cause and impact of the Gilded Age depression of 1893. Students and teachers will...
NC State University
North Carolina State University: Pindaric and Horatian Odes
A list comparing the generic features of Pindaric odes and Horatian odes. Includes links to examples of an ode by Pindar and one by Horace, with audio recordings of each read in its original language.
Other
Baton Rouge Digital Archive of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library
A series of collections that reflect the content of the Baton Rouge Room Archive. Here you will find materials that reflect historical actions of local governments, businesses, residents and institutions of the City of Baton Rouge and...
Other
Sony Music Official Site
Includes information about Sony Music artists, press releases, audio and video, biographical information, contests, and more.
Other
Old Time Victrola Music: Blackface Minstrel Music
This website from Old Time Victrola Music, which sells victrola recordings of minstrel music from 1918, provides samples of several minstrel songs in Real Audio format.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Abraham Sinkov Interview Excerpt: Move Into Cryptologic Field
This is the text and audio of an excerpt from Abraham Sinkov's interview describing how he came into the Signal Intelligence Service to begin a career in the new cryptologic field. It was recorded on April 20, 1930.
Other
African Australian Online Resource
This site offers dozens of reviews of African recordings, new and re-released. Well-known musicians Zap Mama and Femi Kuti, as well as up and coming ones, are reviewed. Links to individual Web sites and audio files are also featured here.
Library of Congress
Loc: How to Cite Digitized Primary Sources
Learn from the Library of Congress how to correctly cite the many electronic resources available in their collection. Films, legal documents, photographs, maps, sound recordings and other unusual cases are covered. Be sure you click on...
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Frost, Robert
Unbelivably rich resource for audio files both of Frost reading his own work, and others talking about it. A great collection of photos as well.
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Joyce, James 1882 1941
Useful multimedia about Joyce and his work. Site offers background, a timeline, audio introduction to "Dubliners" and the author reading aloud from "Ulysses."
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Tie It Up With Transition Words to Write a Story!
Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the instructional activity, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will...
Library of Congress
Loc: Marching to a New Tune
Learn about John Philip Sousa's last composition, "The Library of Congress March," which was performed for the first time in 2003.
Curated OER
Weber & Fields: Audio and Pictures
Although the site is a commercial site devoted to selling vintage recordings, it has photos of both Lew Fields and Joe Weber, plus Real Audio clips of skits.
Scott Alexander
History of Jazz Before 1930: Bessie Smith, 1895 1937
This page offers information about Bessie Smith's life and work, including several audio recordings.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Imagine Nature: Kunitz: Snakes of September
Text of Stanley Kunitz's "The Snakes of September" with links to an audio recording of the poem read by the author and to an interview with the poet about his experience as America's poet laureate, among other things.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
Contains an audio recording and full text of the poem "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes
Contains an audio recording and a text of the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes provided by the Academy of American Poets.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Next Day" by Randall Jarrell
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "Next Day" by Randall Jarrell provided by the Academy of American Poets. A link to the author's biography is provided.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost provided by the Academy of American Poets.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Making a Fist" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Contains an audio recording and the text of the poem "Making a Fist" by Naomi Shihab Nye provided by the Academy of American Poets.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Streets" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Contains an audio recording and the text of the poem "Streets" by Naomi Shihab Nye provided by the Academy of American Poets.