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Back to the Past
What was the Untied States like in 1938? What were the concerns of Americans in the post World War I era? What were their fears? What were their sources of news and entertainment? To understand the reaction to Orson Welles' radio...
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Afraid! Who, Me?
Students confront fear through literature. For this literary elements lesson, students discuss fear and what they know about the horror genre of literature. Students then examine the painting "The Scream," by Edvard Munch and listen to a...
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"War of the Worlds": A Broadcast Re-Creation
Why did Orson Welles' 1938 Broadcast of a adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds cause such a panic? To answer this question, class members listen to the original broadcast and research the panic that resulted. They then engage...
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Stage Fright
High schoolers create radio play scripts. In this "War of the Worlds" lesson plan, students write new scenes to be added to the radio play and then perform the scenes for their classmates.
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Science Fiction
Young scholars write a science fiction story. In this science fiction instructional activity, students read selections of science fiction and compare them to supernatural stories from the Bible. Young scholars identify themes and...