Historical Hysterical Podcast

Podcast Title: The Historical Hysterical Podcast w/ Mr. History

General Series Topic: U.S. and World History

Description: The “Historical Hysterical Podcast” is a U.S. and World History-based podcast intended for young learners exploring the associated topic. Each week a new U.S. or World Historical figure, event, location, or artifact will be explored. The premise of the show is that historical information will be presented in an unusual ways to encourage learner engagement and spark interest in the selected subject matter. The podcast serves to aid a teacher with an introduction to the historical figure or a fun review at the end. Content is delivered in a variety of ways through short segments on the show in hopes of retaining attention from young learners with shorter attention spans.

The pilot episode, concerning Abraham Lincoln, is formatted as follows:
• Opening Theme song
• Welcome and brief description of topic
• “Gettysburg Address” clip as read by Jeff Daniels
• Quiz a Celebrity segment (Celebrity Guest – Justin Bieber)
• Special Guest – “Rapping Dan the Fact Man” with an Abraham Lincoln rap verse
• “Auto-tune Your Teacher” with a local teacher discussing interesting/weird Abraham Lincoln facts
• Podcast review
• Closing Theme song

Download the Podcast at the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tkgoam8bmnkkrzh/513-Podcast_mixdown.mp3

Reading Quiz

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m5TeJmoER129a1PwQkUPq1cudnZuH0sMmPczjSqsM9Y/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000

Introduction Image

To introduce myself, I thought I’d do something abstract. I’m a fairly reserved individual, so I often keep a lot of things to myself. I chose to edit an image of me with my son that my wife took of us during our first family vacation. I chose to construct the image out of the most vital key words that make up who I am. Those words are: (1) Christian, (2) Husband, (3) Father, (4) Son, (5) Friend, (6) Teacher, (7) Student, (8) Musician, and (9) Perfectionist. When designing the image I began using more words to describe who I am, but then chose to limit the design to those nine items as I believe that is the core of who I am. I also dabbled with the font family and size before settled on a font that is readable but requires some examination because although I believe these items describe me, I am not overly expressive and it sometimes requires deeper examination by others. One hidden element about me lies in the color scheme I chose. I am an avid University of Kentucky basketball fan so I chose to make my image blue and white – UK colors.