Produce and Perform Your Own 1930’s Radio Show!

The radio became a useful tool of communication in the 1920’s and a popular source of public entertainment in the 1930’s and 1940’s, while slowly dwindling in its influence as television begins its dominance. Your group will demonstrate your knowledge of the decade of the 30’s by researching, producing and performing a radio broadcast that could have been heard in the 1930’s. All details should accurately reflect technology and information available in the 1930’s. The website below is one of the best places to learn more about the art of creating your own radio broadcast. This site is best as a resource for your group. Be sure to follow the instructions below for this class’ assignment.

http://www.thematzats.com/radio/index.html

___________________________________________________________Radio Days Rubric

Group Members:

Newscaster- ____________________

Playwright- _____________________

Advertiser- _____________________

Foley Artist- ____________________

Script Attached?- Yes…No

Category	Excellent	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement or Missing
Content	Historically accurate: -Newscast could have been heard in 1930’s -Commercials advertise real products from the 1930’s	Historically questionable: -Newscast has some factual errors -Commercials are included but do not reflect the era	Historically inaccurate: -Newscast and/or commercials are non-existent or contain factual errors
Creativity	Ideas are creative and show large amount of inventive and original thinking	Uses other people’s ideas, gives credit for the ideas, but shows little evidence of original thought	Uses other people’s ideas- does not give credit, or does not reveal attempt to think outside the box
Oral Presentation	-Interesting -Smooth delivery -Plot is easily understood -holds audience attention	-Delivery not smooth, but holds audience attention -Plot is difficult to understand or hear due to a poorly written script or poor sound quality	Delivery makes it difficult or impossible for audience to follow plot
Workload	Group divides and shares responsibility among all team members	Workload is unequally shared	Workload is not divided, but all work is done by one or two members