Imagine you are in the 1930s or 1940s...you are sitting in your living room with your family and friends from down the street. There is the glow from a wooden encased box, smelling of ozone in the air as you listen through crackling interference to sounds that open your imagination.
One of the best ways to understand a culture is to actually go back and try and live as they did...you will not only learn about the days of Radio communication, but become an actual player in the performance!
ASSIGNMENT: You will learn how radio effectively changed communications in our nation’s early 20th century history.
YOU WILL CHOSE FROM THREE GENRES (you must listen to at least TWO broadcasts from each genre and write your essay based on the audio - remember to also check the links provided in the assignment rubric):
- NEWS
Hindenburg Disaster (FULL), Hindenburg Disaster (EDITED)
The FULL version is about an hour; the EDITED version is about 20 minutes.
Neville Chamberlain Declares War on Germany
The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Various News Excerpts)
D-Day (Various News Excerpts)
- DRAMA
War of the Worlds (FULL), War of the Worlds (EDITED)
The FULL version is about an hour; the EDITED version is about 20 minutes. If you wish to read the entire, original transcript, click here.
The Shadow - Death and House Rescue
Sherlock Holmes - The Final Problem
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Episode 1
Flash Gordon - Episode 1: On the Planet Mongo
Superman - The Baby From Krypton
True Detective Magazine Theatre - Rattlesnake and Barefoot Bride
Gunsmoke - Cavalcade
- COMEDY
Abbott & Costello - Lion Hunting, Abbot & Costello (Who's On First segment)
Abbott & Costello - Trip to Palm Springs
Amos & Andy - The Electric Clock Caper
The Great Gildersleeve - Congressman Gildersleeve
Jack Benny - Jack Gets a Parking Ticket
Study the genre and provide an ESSAY answer the questions provided with the assignment sheet.
You will also provide a RADIO PERFORMANCE - you and your table team will write and perform (with sound effects) a performance based on the genre you and your team chose.
ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC - click here if you lost the copy provided in class
DEADLINE: Thursday, March 13
(both the essay and the performance are due)
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