War of the Worlds : A Broadcast Re-Creation

Students will learn the background behind this famous radio broadcast: why did it cause widespread panic? Re-create, Readers-Theater style, the broadcast (or excerpts of it). Reflect on the ability of this broadcast to cause such panic: were people that gullible?

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