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Homeschool/Education Resource: Free And Low-Cost Old Time Radio Shows For Presidents Day

“Mr. President” was an old time radio show that aired in the 40’s and 50’s about events in the every day life of American presidents. To challenge listeners, the identity of the President in each episode was not made known until the end of the show.

The Internet Archive has quite a few episodes of “Mr. President” available as free MP3 downloads:

Old Time Radio Programs, Mister President –Download individual episodes of approximately 7mb each, or the whole collection of 29 episodes, which is 54mb.

(If you have slow internet service, a download manager is very helpful. I use the free Orbit Downloader to schedule large and multiple files for downloading overnight.)

Don’t have time to download all those shows? Would you like more episodes? Check out OTRCat.com:

Old Time Radio Catalog: Mr. President –CD of 75 episodes of “Mr. President” in MP3 format, only $5 plus shipping. Must be played in a computer or special MP3 player device.

These would make wonderful supplements to your American History studies –and a great resource for your “audio learners”.

Blessings,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Free Old Time Radio Thanksgiving Shows

Some free Thanksgiving entertainment from the past…

OTRCat.com’s Old Time Radio Thanksgiving -7 free Thanksgiving episodes from various old time radio shows:

Burns and Allen: Gracie Buys a Live Turkey (1942)
Gunsmoke: Turkey Shoot (1958)
Our Miss Brooks: Thanksgiving Program(1950)
The Jack Benny Program: Jack Dreams He Is A Turkey (1943)
Command Performance: Thanksgiving Special (1944)
The Challenge of the Yukon: Thanksgiving (1946)
Sam Spade: The Terrified Turkey Caper (1950)

You can find more free Thanksgiving episodes on the daily downloads page.

Want even more? For only $5.00 you can order the OTRCat.com Thanksgiving Collection cd and listen to over 30 hours of Thanksgiving-themed radio shows from the past.

Remember “Father Knows Best” ? It was a radio show before it was a television show and you can find many of them at the Internet Archive:

Father Knows Best Radio Shows

Scroll down for two Thanksgiving episodes; “Thanksgiving Show” and “Thanksgiving Dinner”.

Blessings and happy listening,

Denese

If you have slow internet service, a download manager is very helpful. I use the free Orbit Downloader to schedule large and multiple files for downloading overnight.

Free Classic Audio: Anton Chekhov’s The Bet

Free Classic Audio

Homeschool Radio Shows’ free program for this week is “The Bet” by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a physician, major Russian short story writer and playwright.

“The Bet” tells the story of an impoverished music teacher who willingly spends fifteen years in solitary confinement to win a bet -a classic story and cautionary tale you will long remember. Originally aired on Family Theater in 1950.

Also included with this weeks’ radio program is an audio book reading of The Bet.

More About Anton Chekhov

Anton CHEKHOV 1860-1904 –biography

Anton Chekhov –short biography, quotes, timeline

201 Stories by Anton Chekhov from the years

The Anton Chekhov Page -“all of the Chekhov-related info on the internet”

Interested in more classic audio?

Free Old Time Radio Shows

Blessings and happy listening,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Homeschool/Education Freebies: Herman Melville Audios, Farm Notebooking Pages, Homeschool Bundle

Listen To Classics By Herman Melville

The Strange Mr. Bartleby –old radio dramatization of Herman Melville’s classic short story, originally broadcast on "Favorite Story" in April, 1947. This week’s freebie from Homeschool Radio Shows.

Charles’s Isle and the Dog-King –another short story, narrated by Grover Gardner. Free audio download from Listen To Genius.

Moby Dick –old time radio show of the most well-known work of Melville’s. Originally aired on NBC University Theater in the 1940’s.

More About Herman Melville:

Novels of Herman Melville –read free online
The Life and Works of Herman Melville –all about Herman Melville

Farm Notebooking Pages

Down On The Farm Notebooking Pages –covers 12 farm animals with 3 notebooking pages and 1 coloring page per animal. Weekly free product from CurrClick.

Heart of the Matter Homeschool Conference Bundle

Heart of the Matter Conference (Bundle) –another freebie from CurrClick. Includes:

Related Posts:

This Week’s Freebies From Homeschool Freebie Of The Day

Blessings,

Denese

This Week’s Education Freebies From Homeschool Freebie Of The Day And Homeschool Radio Shows

I meant to have this out yesterday but was tied up with phone calls and paperwork all day!

Homeschool Freebie Of The Day

Monday, July 20th: CHARACTER STUDY NOTEBOOKING PAGES (PDF ebook) -subtitled "Sowing Seeds of Great Character… One Habit at a Time". From NotebookingPages.com. (Still available)

Tuesday, July 21st: WHEN MOTHER LETS US SEW (PDF ebook) -practical little guide to basic hand sewing written in 1910. This is filled with sweet illustrations and very well done step by step instructions for teaching basic stitches and sewing skills to little learners.

Wednesday, July 22nd: THE SEVEN LAWS OF TEACHING (PDF ebook) -originally published in 1886 for use in Sunday Schools, but highly applicable in all settings. Examines basic, unchanging laws of learning: The "law" of teaching; the teacher; the learner; language; the lesson; the teaching process; the learning process; and the law of review.

Thursday, July 23rd: ABC COLORING BOOK: CREATION SCIENCE & GEOLOGY (PDF ebook) Great coloring book filled with interesting creation science facts, provided by www.mediaangels.com.

Friday, July 24th: CREATIVELY SIMPLE: HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP (PDF ebook) "We live on a farm, we work hard we play hard and the clothes get dirty. Not a little dirty, but a LOT dirty. And good laundry soap is not only hard to find but it gets expensive when you do as much laundry as we do. So, we decided to make our own. There are a hundred ways to make laundry soap, but this is the easiest, costs only pennies per load and it WORKS! Come on in and we will show you how." Another delightful guide courtesy of Penny Raine.

Each freebie is available one day only, unless otherwise noted.

Homeschool Radio Shows

The Stories of Joel Chandler Harris –biography of the author of the Uncle Remus stories. Originally broadcast on the old radio show “Cavalcade of America” in 1941. Available all week.

Happy teaching and learning,

Denese

Free Fourth Of July Old Time Radio Shows

Fourth of July Old Time Radio Shows –4 free MP3 downloads of old time radio Fourth of July episodes, from OTRCat.com.

You Are There: “July 4th, 1776 Philadelphia” from March 21, 1948
Calling All Cars: “July Fourth in a Radio Car" from July 4, 1934
Meet The Meeks: "Planning a Company Picnic " from July 3, 1948
Our Miss Brooks: "July 4th Trip to Eagle Springs" from July 3, 1949

Adventure Ahead: “A Tooth For Paul Revere” -originally aired on September 9, 1944. Free MP3 download from Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod.

The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere –free MP3 download from The Internet Archive (scroll down).

Journeys Into American History

Free MP3 downloads of four classic shows about events of 1776, from Journeys Into American History Podcasts.

Happy listening,

Denese

Free Old Time Radio Shows

Old Zenith Radio

We love old radio shows, they’re neat to listen to and educational!

Some of the shows we’ve enjoyed:

Historic speeches and events
Stories of inventions and discoveries
Westerns -Gunsmoke, Bonanza
Mysteries
Family Shows -Father Knows Best
Classic fiction dramatizations
Old Children’s shows -Buster Brown
Adventure shows -Challenge of the Yukon
Science Fiction -Adventures of Superman
even I Love Lucy!

There are many places on the web where you can listen to old radio shows online, or download them to your computer -and because they’ve passed into the public domain, they’re free!

Sites With Free Old Time Radio Shows

HomeschoolRadioShows.com -free program every week. This week’s program is: A Pail of Air -a dramatization of the classic short story by renowned science fiction writer, Fritz Lieber.

Journeys Into American History

Old Time Radio Show Catalog -daily downloads.

OTRPod.com: Free Old Time Radio Podcast Downloads -mp3 podcasts of "Same Time, Same Station"

OldTimeRadioFans.com

Old Time Radio Free Podcast and Downloads -lots of music here

Internet Archive: Old Time Radio -single episodes or whole collections

RadioLovers.com

Free Old Time Radio Shows

Free Old Time Radio Show Downloads

Old Time Radio Network

Zoot Radio -must create a free account

Old Time Radio Fan -daily features