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April 03, 2006

Listen to Authentic Sources of History

Why read a dry American history book of the 20th century when you can listen to history as it happened for free? If nothing else, speeches and news broadcasts from the past make for exciting listening that connects the dots of important events from the past century. Let me point out a few free resources that will sonically immerse you in history:

Authentic History Center - A Massive Collection of Hours of Streaming Audio well organized by decades and historic events; and they sell $10 MP3 CDs containing dozens of hours of historical recordings.

American Rhetoric - We feature over 100 free speeches from politicians and leaders throughout the last century as streaming audio and a MP3 download. I've yet to hear one speech that isn't a high quality recording. Simply the best audio resource for speeches on the Internet.

Library of Congress: American Memory - From the Library of Congress comes this eclectic collection of recordings you aren't likely to find anywhere else. Recordings of Theodore Roosevelt, Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, Voices From the Days of Slavery, and more. Interesting stuff.

Go to the historical source with LearnOutLoud.com, Your Audio & Video Learning Resource!