This is Angela O'Dell and you are listening to real cool history for kids.

A podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical worldview perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to episode.

Welcome to episode 130 of real cool history for kids.

This episode is for Gabriel Webb who wanted to hear the story of the Irish potato famine.

Hi Gabriel, this one's for you.

At the time I am recording this podcast episode,

I am up to my eyebrows working on a massive writing project.

It's a high school level American history course which I'm calling one nation under God.

One of the major elements and focuses of this new course

is how our nation's diversity makes us unique.

In fact, we have been called the melting pot of the world

because Americans are made up of so many ethnic backgrounds and accessories. If you've read my book America Story

Volume 2 you probably remember me telling about the Irish potato famine in the chapters about the massive influx of immigrants

who came to the United States during the middle of the 1800s.

Well that's the story I'm going to tell you.

But before I tell you the story, let's find the geographical location

on a map.

It's always good to know where a story is taking place because geography, well, it usually plays a really important role in the events of the history.

So go ahead and pause me for a moment and grab your world map or globe.

Okay, now I've had you find England on the map several times in our episodes together so go ahead and find England again

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