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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore radio news formats, styles, and sequences, and then write segments for a student-centered news radio program. In small groups, students develop and write news segments for a student-centered radio program. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use various primary source recordings of speeches, advertisements and period music to produce a radio show that is set in Britain during WWII. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students create a radio broadcast with 55-60 seconds of information containing one factually accurate quote about a Canadian person and his/her involvement in an event occurring between 1837 and 1867. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the growth and effects of radio and its role in the diffusion of popular culture. They consider how technology has changed the standard of living in the US. They write a script for a 1930's radio broadcast. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students listen to several broadcasts from the WWII era. They research, write and perform simulated radio broadcasts concerning topics related to American society in World War II. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the background behind the famous radio broadcast. They re-create, Readers-Theater style, the broadcast (or excerpts of it). and reflect on the ability of this broadcast to cause such panic. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students compare radio coverage of news events with coverage of 21st century new stories. They analyze various forms of media as they relate to news coverage. They write an essay comparing the impact of radio versus that of television Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students evaluate a radio broadcast by correspondent Edward R. Murrow as a primary historic source. The broadcast, popularly known as "Orchestrated Hell" recounts Murrow's experiences with a Royal Air Force bomber crew on a raid over Berlin in December 1943. Students develop an appreciation of radio as a viable news medium. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students pretend they are a sports writer for a radio station. Using the internet, they research a major topic in sports and share both viewpoints in the broadcast. They defend their own viewpoint and the reasons why they feel this way to end the broadcast. Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students explore the importance of radio in history. As they explore the purpose of radio, students compare and contrast present-day radio with the past. In groups, students plan and produce audio-taped auditions for a radio station. They write for radio through summarizing interviews and creating reports. Full Review »
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