CDs, Podcasts & Audiobooks for 8th Grade

Explore 44 curated cds, podcasts & audiobooks for 8th Grade students. Each resource has been reviewed for quality and age-appropriateness.

Biology: The Ultimate Self Teaching Guide - Introduction to the Wonderful World of Biology

If you have ever wanted to know more about biology, but thought it would too confusing, then this is the book for you. We take the concepts of biology and put them in simple terms, allowing you to better understand the amazing diversity of our planet...

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Piano: Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now! (Teach Yourself Series)

Learn to play the piano and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about...

Fluenz Portuguese

Portuguese 1 has been designed to prepare you for the most important and common situations you'll face in the Portuguese-speaking world. At the same time, you'll develop a strong foundation in how the language actually works, allowing you to go beyon...

Spanish (Latin American)

Do you want to learn Spanish but haven't had the time? Look no further, Pimsleur offers Latin American Spanish lessons. Our unique learning method will help you quickly learn Latin American Spanish online. Start today and you'll be speaking Spanish a...

A Short History of Nearly Everything

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail—well, most of it. In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to under...

Fluenz Spanish

Spanish 1 has been designed to prepare you for the most important and common situations you'll face in the Spanish-speaking world. At the same time, you'll develop a strong foundation in how the language actually works, allowing you to go beyond simp...

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Learn & Master Drums with Dann Sherrill

Learn how to practice, tune, and play your own drumset with a variety of musical styles

Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar with Steve Krenz - Homeschool Edition

A complete 2-year guitar curriculum designed for homeschool families.

Pimsleur Japanese Basic Course - Level 1, Lessons 1-10

Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced...

The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning. For ages twelve through adult. Fun to use -- learn skills you can us...

Fluenz German

German 1 has been designed to prepare you for the most important and common situations you'll face in the German-speaking world. At the same time, you'll develop a strong foundation in how the language actually works, allowing you to go beyond simple...

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

How to think like a director, regardless of equipment (amateurs think about the camera, pros think about communication). It's about the rules developed over a century of movie-making—which work just as well when shooting a two-year-old&rs...

English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture in the U.S.

The warm and witty authors of Celebrate the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language and Culture in the U.S. get you started on your ESL journey with English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture in the U.S. English the America...

The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists: Second Edition

Master Music Theory for Guitar While Playing and Hearing it in Context. Over 200 Notated Audio Examples! + Professional Backing Tracks Guitarists are often very guilty of ‘collecting' musical theory without taking the time to learn to a...

Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology (Young Explorer Series)

Finally! Apologia introduces an elementary level Anatomy book that gives glory to God as children discover what's going on inside their bodies! Take this in-depth journey into the anatomy and physiology of your body through Exploring Creation with Hu...

Drumset: Beginning, Intermediate, Mastering

Anyone interested in playing the drumset can pick up this well-paced, comprehensive method and get started right away. Beginning concepts include stick techniques, snare drum rudiments, accents, dynamics, and reading drumset music. Intermediate topic...

Fluenz Italian

Italian 1 has been designed to prepare you for the most important and common situations you'll face in the Italian-speaking world. At the same time, you'll develop a strong foundation in how the language actually works, allowing you to go beyond simp...

Fluenz French

French 1 has been designed to prepare you for the most important and common situations you'll face in the French-speaking world. At the same time, you'll develop a strong foundation in how the language actually works, allowing you to go beyond simple...

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

To most of us, learning something 'the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Ma...

Learn & Master Blues Guitar with Steve Krenz

Learn the concepts, chords, techniques, and riffs that allow you to enter the world of great blues guitar playing.

Learn & Master Fingerstyle Guitar with Steve Krenz

From professional Nashville guitarist and Acoustic Guitar Magazine award-winning educator, Steve Krenz

Learn & Master Guitar Maintenance with Greg Voros

An in-depth, step-by-step course on how to set up your guitar in your own home using a few easy-to-use tools.

Learn & Master Piano with Will Barrow

Now is your chance to master the keys of this beautiful instrument.

Learn & Master Ballroom Dance with Jaimee Simon & Mark Short

Discover the beauty and fun of ballroom dancing from the comfort of your own home.

Learn & Master Photography with Vince Wallace

All you need to know in order to capture perfectly exposed, well composed, emotionally exciting images.

French

Start Speaking French using the Pimsleur App! It's now possible to speak and understand a foreign language effortlessly. The world-famous Pimsleur Method™ combines well-established research, most-useful vocabulary and a completely intuiti...

German

It's now possible to speak and understand a foreign language effortlessly. The world-famous Pimsleur Method™ combines well-established research, most-useful vocabulary and a completely intuitive process to get you speaking right from the...

Magical Tour of China Student Pack Simplified – BetterChinese

Adopted by several U.S. Departments of Education, the Magical Tour of China is designed for advanced level high school students. High-quality situational illustrations and online lessons make learning fun and effective, while the review of previously...

5 Hour Classroom Lesson Plan: How to Shoot Video

Free free 5 hour lesson plan to help your students do better video in the classroom. No sign up, no subscription-- just click and download. Hosted on the companion website to the book "How to Shoot Video that Doesn't Suck", which also has...

Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin)

The Pimsleur Method™ combines well-established research, most-useful vocabulary and a completely intuitive process to get you speaking right from the first day. All Pimsleur® courses feature real-world context and flexible vocabulary enabling you to...

Italian

It's now possible to speak and understand a foreign language effortlessly. The world-famous Pimsleur Method™ combines well-established research, most-useful vocabulary and a completely intuitive process to get you speaking right from the...

Learn & Master Painting with Gayle Levée

By far the world's most complete video instruction course for painting.

Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar (Full 25 Disc Edition)

The most complete course available for learning guitar.

Learn & Master Piano with Will Barrow - Homeschool Edition

Take your home-school students through a comprehensive Piano-Learning system, even if you have no musical skills or previous experience.

Spanish For You!

Homeschool Spanish Curriculum Grades 3-8 No need to know Spanish to use this with your kids! Fun themed packages that ​can be done in any order.

8th Grade

Solidifying Knowledge and Preparing for High School Our 8th Grade curriculum begins to bring together the necessary tools and topics to fully equip your child for success in high school and all endeavors proceeding graduation. Students will study nar...

Singing Made Easy - Level III

If a student has done a lot of singing at home or in school and has reached the age of eight or older, we recommend beginning with Level III. Included in this set are one round and two songs in two-part harmony. There are two German songs and a Chris...

WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr; has a degree in history from James Madison University. I've been obsessed with the events and people from WWII since I first learned of them. I've been waiting years for someone to do a podcast on WWII and couldn't wa...

Singing Made Easy - Level V

This set begins with 'He's Got the Whole World In His Hands.” Students enjoy adding hand gestures once they have it memorized. Included in this set are some songs you may recognize, such as 'Cradle Song” by Brahms (in G...

Singing made Easy - Level IV

This book can be used for a person of any age interested in singing beautiful music. It is good to have more than one voice singing on each part since the music is somewhat complicated. At the end of the book when it is time to have a recital of all...

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

A series of podcasts by Professor Peter Adamson of LMU in Munich and King's College London that cover philosophers and major ideas. He covers philosophers from all over the world and all periods of time, including: Pythagoras Plato Socrate...

Pimsleur

With Pimsleur, you don't just study a new language, you learn to speak a new language. You learn to communicate in the language. You don't learn rules, vocabulary lists or grammar out of context. You acquire your new language by listening...

Philosophy Podcasts

Series of podcasts offered by the faculty of Oxford University covering many major topics in Philosophy, including: John Locke Philosophy for Beginners Critical Reasoning Nietzsche on Mind and Nature Kant's Critique of Pure Reason Aesthetics...

Basic Concepts of Music Theory

Jamie Henke teaches Music 151, an introductory course for non-music majors, which includes these podcasts she made about music history, and one video about how to write a melody....