The War of the Worlds Broadcast
Students read a nonfiction passage about the 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, written at 4 reading levels (5th grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast and its aftermath
- Explain how the fake news format made the drama believable to listeners
- Trace and evaluate the claim that the broadcast caused mass panic
- Find the reasons historians give for doubting the newspaper reports