War of the Worlds: A Broadcast Re-Creation|War of the Worlds” radio broadcast script (alternate source),”War of the Worlds” radio broadcast audio (scroll down)
Students learn the background behind this famous radio broadcast: why did it cause widespread panic? re-create, Readers-Theater style, the broadcast (or excerpts of it). reflect on the ability of this broadcast to cause such panic: were people that gullible?
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Materials Needed: none
Author: Gary Hopkins
Source: © Education World
Tags / Keywords: broadcast,
Drama,
H.G. Wells,
Literature,
Orson Welles,
Radio,
Readers Theater,
script,
Spielberg,
Theater,
War of the Worlds
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