Roaring Twenties Podcast Radio Show
What is Podcasting?
"Podcasting is a term used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programs over the internet ...Podcasting enables independent producers to create self-published, syndicated "radio shows," and gives broadcast radio or television programs a new distribution method. Any digital audio player or computer with audio-playing software can play podcasts....The term "podcast", however, still refers largely to audio content distribution. A podcast is not the same as a webcast, which normally refers to a show distributed by streaming media." To listen to "Roaring Twenties" radio podcasts past students have recorded go to my-history-class/podcasts
Assignment
Podcasting a Radio Show About the 1920’s. This activity is designed to have you use a popular communication medium of the time period (a radio program) to gain a deeper understanding of one aspect of the time period. You will also listen to your classmates’ radio broadcasts to learn about The Jazz Age and answer the Roaring Twenties Topic Questions. You will turn in a copy of your script and podcast audio file for a grade
| Directions (checklist) 1. Students sign up for historical topics/events 2. Research the topic, using the research links provided at the bottom of this page 3. Create a script for your radio show 3 to 5 minutes in length. 4. Throw some Slang of the 1920s into your script to make it sound more authentic! 5. Rehearse for your podcast. 6. Create your podcast. 7. Save your podcast and script to your class folder on the teachers pen drive (file name should be your names) |
Historical Topic/Events
Click the topics below to see what must be included in the radio program (each topic opens in a new page as a Microsoft Word document .doc for easier downloading and printing)
Harding Administration Scandals
Literature of the Lost Generation
The Red Scare (Make sure you are researching the first "Red Scare"!)
Research
1. As you research, make sure you define all important terms and have an understanding of the significance of your topic as it relates to the 1920s.
2. Include citations of any source you use. This includes written, visual, and audio.
Script
1.Decide on an appropriate format for your show.
2. Write a 3-5 minute script. Use proper script form. This will need to be handed in to your teacher.
Include:
a. An introduction that includes your topic, a title, and each person’s first name only
b. Answers to all questions listed for your topic below
c. A thorough understanding of your topic
Show Format
News broadcast
Interview with a witness
Commercial
Comedy routine
Audio of a live event
Political Speech
Drama
Mystery
You may think of your own format. Get Mr. Cox’s approval first.
Script Format
-Name, date and period in top left corner.
-Title at the top, center
-Each time a different character speaks, start a new line, write the character name, underline it and follow it with a colon. Babe Ruth:
-All sound effects should be in parenthesis and italicized. (bat hitting a ball)
-Works cited stapled at the end of the script.
Download a word
document with the proper script format by clicking on the Microsoft Word
icon to the left
Add Music and Sound Effects to Your Podcast: Optional
You can also include music and sound effects on your podcast? However, there are some restrictions. You can only legally use the first 30 seconds of a song free or include music that has no copyright restrictions on it. There are several websites that provide this. However, the quality ranges from excellent to poor. Findsounds.com is a good website to use. For Jazz music try the Jazz Studies Program at San Diego State University
Rehearse for Your Podcast
1. Practice pronunciations
2. Rehearse timing and sound effects.
3. You only get one chance to do it live. If you need another shot at it or want to edit it, you have the following options:
a. After school
b. At home- Remember, the software is free!
Creating a Basic Podcast Using Audacity
To
download
the above video just right click on the
movie reel to the left and select save target as or save link
as
To
read and/or print a tutorial that shows how to add music and sound effects using
Audacity click the icon on the left
Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters (click the
movie reel icon to the left) This link will take
you to an external website that contains a free podcasting tutorial series
using Audacity
Saving Your Podcast
1. You need to save your Podcast to your student folder, or better yet a portable drive while you are working on the project.
2. On the last day you will save your podcast and script to my portable drive in your class period folder
Grade Rubric
Just click on the Microsoft Word image on the left to
download the grade rubric for easy reference and printing
Questions
Just
click on the pdf image on the left to download and print a copy of the
Roaring Twenties Topic Questions
Sign up Sheet
Just click on the Microsoft Word image on the left to download the student
sign up sheet for easy printing
Research Links
The Roaring Twenties: Thinkquest
Roaring Twenties in the Key of Jazz: PBS
Famous FBI Cases: Organized Crime/ Gangsters
The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy
Old Time Radio: The Golden Years
1919 World Series: Black Sox Scandal
The Great Migration: Digital History
Harding Administration: Teapot Dome Scandal
The Politics of Frustration: 1920s
The Lost Generation: Infoplease
The Jazz Age: Flappers, Music, and Dancing
The Roaring Twenties: Class Notes
The Roaring Twenties: 1919 Red Scare, Jazz, Flappers, Babe Ruth, and more!
