Egyptians Lived On The Nile River

The Story of the World
by Susan Wise Bauer

Egyptians Lived On The Nile River: Two Kingdoms Become One and Gods of Ancient Egypt

Music: Borodin, String Quartet no. 2

osiris

Music Lesson: Roland Kirk

Remember never to let anything keep you back from your dreams. Roland Kirk was born blind, poor and black in America when it was not a great time to be black.

Here he is playing three saxophones at ONCE! He was an amazing musician.

The Trumpet of the Swan, Chapter 6

The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White
Chapter 6
Off To Montana

Music: Ravel, Piano Trio

The Earliest People, Nomads


The Story of the World
Susan Wise Bauer

The Earliest People

Music in the background: Haydn, String Quartet no. 42


The Trumpet of the Swan, Chapter 5


The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White
Chapter 5

Music: Dvorak, String Quartet No. 12

Music Lesson, Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685. When he was alive people did not know how great his music was. It wasn’t until after he was dead for a long time that people looked at his music notes and realized how genius his works were.

He played a harpsichord, which is like a piano but different (the piano was invented while Bach was alive but he mostly played on his harpsichord).

Here are some of his compositions, which these days most people play on a piano. The guy who is playing this is Glenn Gould. He was very eccentric. This means he did things his own way. Sometimes Glenn Gould used to hum very loud while he was playing Bach. Nobody can play Bach quite like Glenn Gould.

The Story of the World

The Story of the World
by Susan Wise Bauer

History and Archeology

Music: Haydn, String Quartet no. 39

The Trumpet of the Swan, Chapter 4


The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White
Chapter 4

Music: Mendelssohn, Octet for Strings in E Flat Major

The Trumpet of the Swan, Chapters 2 and 3

The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White
Chapters 2 and 3

Music in background Franz Schubert, Trout Quintet

Some new pictures

My friend Omer made a photo booth. It takes three pictures per session. Check it out.

Dad with his friend Omer

Nadine and I with our friend Kelsee

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