Sunday, May 15, 2011

National Jukebox

 
National Jukebox http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/The Library of Congress has made historical sound recordings available online in a (fairly) easily retrievable way.  The advanced search lets you search by author title genre and by date as well as keyword.   http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/search.
 Here is a quick playlist using keyword "Ireland".  You can share your playlist via a link
http://media.loc.gov/playlist/view/A3545ECB048A00E8E0438C93F11600E8

Classroom Idea:
  1. When studying a certain period in American history, listen to recordings from that era.
  2. Use recordings from an era to examine cultural norms.

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