Sounds

=Sounds Garden=
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> A nice site that has lots of sound effects from TV, [|Movies] , and various other sources...and its free! (Smart Board users: If the files are not .mp3 files, you will need to convert them to.mp3 files to insert them into Smart Notebook) > >
 * 1)  [] - A great place to find sound effects, etc.
 * 2)  [] - An unbelievable site to find sound tracks - check out the listing in the side box for categories.
 * 3) [] - music and more.
 * 4) [] Astonishingly rich collection of birds, animals, nature
 * 5)  [] Birds--tricky to down load
 * 6)  [] - Broad range of songs, quirky things.
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 * 8)  [|http://www.freeaudioclips.com/categories.php?cat=2&cat_name=Classic%2FHard%2]
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 * 10)  [] (check copyright on this one)
 * 11)  [] look in the corner)
 * 12)  [] (Email for premission.)
 * 13) [|http://www.nebo.edu/nebo/ppt/sounds/]
 * 14) [] // Great to use with PowerPoints;there are some //// clips you could use. No copyright problems. //
 * 15) [] Microsoft’s site with access to free resources
 * 16) [|www.wavplanet.com]
 * 1) []  Sound Bible is a good, free, easily searchable sound bites
 * 2) [] - movie sounds, tv shows, cartoons, and others. (Smart Board users should convert these to .mp3 files in Audacity or on sites like zamzar.com)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">- Sound Snap allows you to search through 120,000 sound effects in 16 different categories. Some need to be purchased.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[] sounds on this site have been put in a database and categorized. (Smart Board users should convert these to .mp3 files in Audacity or on sites like zamzar.com)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[] - need some human sound effects like screams, moans or others? Find them here. There are weather sounds, transportation sounds and lots more… a real treasure of sounds! (look carefully… some are not free or royalty free and pay attention to the file type to see if you will need to convert it the the correct file type (see page 5 of this book)
 * 6)  [|www.beemp3.com] finds audio files in mp3 format. There are popular songs, instrumentals, as well as sound effects. You can search by Title, Album, Artist, or you select **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Genres **, then choose from the vast variety of music types, including **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Instrumentals ** and **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Sound Clip. ** **//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">NOTE: //****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;"> __ There may be some inappropriate sounds, so I would not share this site with students. __ **
 * 7) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[|http://www.voices.com/support/music-and-sound-effects.html**] **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;"> - **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">This site provided me with some **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">music sounds without words ** to use to open new units and provide excitement.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[|http://www.freeplaymusic.com] <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">free for personal use and for student use
 * 9) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[] Search the web for sounds of all types – you can specify the file type before you even start searching!
 * 10) [] Sound effects include: Car Starts, Door Openings, Clongs, Coffee Pan, Creaks, Door Closings & Openings, Fan, Garage Door, Hanging & Picking Up Phone, Inserting Cassette, Key Sounds, Oven Door, Paper Pack, Pouring, Rain, Refrigetor, Toilet Flushing, Water Running and more.
 * 11) [|http://www.soundjay.com] Sound effects includes option to select download format
 * 12) [] Looney Tunes sound bites

**Speeches and Broadcasts**

 * 1) []The History Channel has a great collection of speeches.
 * 2) [] PBS has another collection of speeches. These sometimes play in Real Audio and you'll need to have downloaded the free player at: [|http://www.real.com]
 * 3) []- you'll find a master list of broadcasts here
 * 4) [|http://www.vlib.org]- look on the virtual library of the World Wide Web for more broadcasts
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">[] An extensive collection of historic photographs, maps, motion pictures, manuscripts, etc. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, with collections of civil war photos, Daguerreotype portraits and photos from 1839-1864, presidential portraits, and much more!


 * __Additional Resources:__ **

Post, Kristin. //Using sound in the classroom.// Learn NC. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 08 January 2010. []

Smart, Dean. //Using Music and Sound in the History Lessons.// The Education Forum. []