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10/20/14

Aliens are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast

Author/Illustrator: Meghan McCarthy
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 2009
Genre: Nonfiction Picture Book
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Brief Overview: Meghan McCarthy retells the true account of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast of 1938 that had everyone in 1938 in a panic in a fun and kid-friendly way.
Activity Level: 4th Grade
Integrated Activity: Students will partner up and "broadcast" two different events each. One will be an actual historical event while the other will be an event from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (i.e. the Gettysburg Address vs. a mysterious aircraft landing on a farm). The students must figure out which is the real event; however, the real event will have a few mistakes (i.e. the Gettysburg Address being said by George Washington instead of Abraham Lincoln). After they figure out which event is the real one, students will work together to figure out the mistakes in each of the "real broadcasts".

-Publisher: Shakela Primrose (Valdosta State University ECSE)-
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