E-Scraps: Audio & Video: Audio
Audio can take many forms including interviews, oral histories, and music.
This area is currently under development. For more information about audio, go to our Multimedia Seeds project.
Sounds
Sounds from the Vault from the Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sounds/index.htm
Listen to the sounds of instruments and other objects.
Historical Music
America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amsshtml/amsshome.html
Explore early American music.
Historic American Sheet Music
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Explore a significant collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music.
Popular Songs in American History
http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html
Learn about popular songs in US history.
Oral History
Gerry Mulligan Collection: Oral Autobiography
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/mulligan/mulligan-bighome.html
Listen to an autobiography.
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide by Marjorie Hunt
http://www.folklife.si.edu/explore/...
Teaching and Learning with Sound Recordings
Apple
- Audio P.O.W.E.R. (Paradigm of Writing Encouraging Reflection)
ArtsEdge
- Light in the Storm Unit (Grades 5-8)
Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archives
Digital Classroom
EdSITEment
- What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories (Grades K-2)
Technical Help
Shout Out: A Kid's Guide to Recording Stories
http://www.transom.org/tools/basics/200501.shoutout.kdavis.html
Learn to create your own recordings