Learning Tools

Audio Clips

Great Depression - People Ate Dandelion Greens
During the Great Depression, Americans were starving.  Some of them resorted to eating dandelion greens, as discussed in this oral history from the Library of Congress.
Hear Audio Clip >>   |   Read the Story >>

Ode to the XXX Olympiad by Armand D'Angour - Audio
How does a city, hosting the modern Olympics, do something special for their games?  The people of Beijing produced opening and closing ceremonies which were simply spectacular.  Four years later, London will also have its special moments. One of those moments will be characterized by a P...
Hear Audio Clip >>   |   Read the Story >>