First commercial radio

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1 1920 s Radio Show Project American History The radio became available in the 1880 s, but it didn t make a significant mark on the world until By 1930, 40% of U.S. households had radios. (The 1920 s and 30 s were considered the Golden Age of radio.) Around these radio shows were music, news, and of course, commercials! We will listen to one example now so that you can get an idea of how these shows worked. First commercial radio Directions Your task in your groups (3-4 people) will be to create, plan, develop, and record an informative, creative, accurate, and entertaining 1920 s radio show. You will have FULL CREATIVE CONTROL over your radio broadcast, but your radio show MUST include the bare minimum below. 1. You must discuss a historical person AND a topic of the 1920 s or historical event 2. Your radio show must be historically accurate. 3. Your radio show must be at least 8 minutes in length. 4. Your radio show must start with or break for at least two commercial advertisements. The things advertised on your show MUST be historically relevant for the time period (i.e. you can t advertise for an XBOX because they were not around in the 1920 s). Possible Ideas for setting up the show 1. Talk show: a show where one member of the group interviews at least two important historical figures of the time. These could be politicians, musicians, athletes, etc 2. You could do a live show in which you have an individual on site reporting on a live event occurring. 3. You could do an informative broadcast on an issue from the period. Other suggestions 1. use 1920 s vocabulary/ lingo 2. Add music from the 1920 s Works Cited You must turn in a Works Cited document with your completed script and radio broadcast. Format for Citations is as follows: 1. Title of page is Works Cited. 2. Citations are in alphabetical order by the first letter of the entry. 3. The entries have a hanging indent (where the first line of a citation is at the usual spot on the left margin, but all the following lines in that paragraph are moved in to the next tab stop). Hanging Indent (use ctrl + T to create Hanging Indent.)

2 Sample of citation with hanging indent: Freedman, Russell and James Lincoln Collier. Abraham Lincoln: My Life after the War. Boston: Houghton, Font and size are consistent throughout the page; blue ink from links is removed (right click over the link and select remove hyperlink.

3 People (1) Langston Hughes Bessie Smith Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong Paul Robeson Claude McKay Marcus Garvey James Weldon Johnson Ernest Hemingway Edna St. Vincent Millay Sinclair Lewis Georgia O Keefe George Gershwin Charles A. Lindberg Babe Ruth Gertrude Ederle Calvin Coolidge Henry Ford Jack Dempsey Red Grange Discussion Topics or Historical Event (1) Urban sprawl the new role of women Fashion trends of the 1920s Airplane Industry Installment plan Consumer spending native Americans receiving full citizenship flappers the double standard labor unions fun fads (dance marathons, pole sitting, beauty contests) NAACP/Black Nationalism Black Sox Scandal NFL Origin Irish Civil War Discovery of King Tut s tomb Election of Herbert Hoover *Advertisements (2) Step 1 (Day One) Today you will meet with your groups and choose your people/topics/events. You will then begin research on your project. Steps 2 and 3 (Day Two) Today you will continue researching your topic, create your script and organize your works cited page ( or ). Your script will be a detailed account of what will be said in the recording studio. Step 4 (Day Three)

4 Today you will record your radio broadcast using your ipads. You should come to class with your final script. You may use any application you are familiar with to produce the radio show. (The Spreaker On Air app is pretty easy to use.) Step 5 (Days Four and Five) Today you will be presenting your final product. Along with presenting your radio show, you will turn in a works cited page, along with a typed final script of your show. When other groups are presenting you are responsible for taking notes. The notes you take on other presentations will be allowed to be used on a future test.

5 Radio Broadcast Rubric Names: Exceptional Admirable Acceptable Amateur Organization Extremely well organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and cleverly conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project Presented in a thoughtful manner; there were signs of organization and most transitions were easy to follow, but at times ideas were unclear Somewhat organized; ideas were not presented coherently and transitions were not always smooth, which at times distracted the audience Choppy and confusing; format was difficult to follow; transitions of ideas were abrupt and seriously distracted the audience Content Accuracy Completely accurate; all facts were precise and explicit Mostly accurate; a few inconsistencies or errors in information Somewhat accurate; more than a few inconsistencies or errors in information Completely inaccurate; the facts in this project were misleading to the audience Research Went above and beyond to research information; solicited material in addition to what was provided; brought in personal ideas and information to enhance project; and utilized more than eight types of resources to make project effective Did a very good job of researching; utilized materials provided to their full potential; solicited more than six types of research to enhance project; at times took the initiative to find information outside of school Used the material provided in an acceptable manner, but did not consult any additional resources Did not utilize resources effectively; did little or no fact gathering on the topic Creativity Was extremely clever and presented with originality; a unique approach that truly enhanced the project Was clever at times; thoughtfully and uniquely presented Added a few original touches to enhance the project but did not incorporate it throughout Little creative energy used during this project; was bland, predictable, and lacked "zip" Presentation Mechanics Was engaging, provocative, and captured the interest of the audience and maintained this throughout the entire presentation; Was well done and interesting to the audience; was presented in a unique manner and was very well organized; Was at times interesting and was presented clearly and precisely; was clever at times and was organized in a logical manner Was not organized effectively; was not easy to follow and did not keep the audience interested; /20

6 Radio Broadcast Rubric (continued) Station name: /5 Person: /10 Discussion topic/historical event: /10 Advertisement 1: /5 Advertisement 2: /5 Bibliography: /5 Total Grade: /60 Comments