Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast, (Paperback)

from derbygirl

I really liked this book, as I am already a big fan of Orson Welles and "War of the Worlds'. This book lends itself to a variety of teaching avenues- WWII, society in the 30's, history of the radio, playwrights and authors, writing a play, revising it for radio...the list can go on and on. I thin...

from mapalumbo

After reading Sharon Ruth Gill's comments about this book, I had to get my hands on it. When I read this book, I could not picture modern day society creating a panic from a story like this. The author's notes tell that the original broadcast included several announcements that this was a play, b...

from MSblast

Teach students about the media's social responsiblity by discussing this true account of the "War of the Worlds" 1938 radio broadcast. As a joke, broadcasters acted out parts of H.G. Wells "War of the Words" and people believed it to be really happening! I really like the illustrations in this bo...

from MSblast

Teach students about the media's social responsiblity by discussing this true account of the "War of the Worlds" 1938 radio broadcast. As a joke, broadcasters acted out parts of H.G. Wells "War of the Words" and people believed it to be really happening! I really like the illustrations in this bo...