ED 4123 - Assignment - History Audio Clips

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An audio message can relay so much more to the history student than the mere reading of the words can. By appealing to the linguistic and musical intelligences of the students, it allows a glimpse of the passion of the orator and breathes new life into otherwise merely quoted words. (Bochner, Duchesne and Krause, 2003. p 201) The sound bite I have chosen is of Winston Churchill. His speeches to the British people during WWII helped assure and inspire the British people and the “bulldog” spirit is evident in this speech. (Churchill W, S., 1942) Audio clips can set the tone of a lesson. A teacher can introduce a lesson on WWII with American dance music. The teacher could contrast this carefree music with sound bites of air raid sirens or rapid gunfire to highlight the way things were in the war and how quickly everything could change