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1920’s Radio Show Guidelines

ASSIGNMENT: You work for the CBC as a radio programmer during the Roaring Twenties.
The year is 1928 and you and your partner(s) are to write a radio script (which you will
perform for the class) for 3-5 minutes of programming.
PROCEDURE: You need to include the following:
❖ An example of music that one might hear in the 1920s. Think about intro/exit music
for your segment
❖ Your radio segment has to accurate for the period - CANADA in the 1920s
❖ Use real characters/personalities to help tell your stories
❖ Use slang of the time period (at least 10 terms) and appropriate language

OPTIONAL:
❖ Interviews with famous people of the time period
❖ Sound effects
❖ We will deliver the “Live” Radio Broadcast on APRIL 11th
❖ The following topics/themes need to be assigned!

Hosts of the Show Arts and Literature

Sporting Life The Movies
Women/Flapper Movement Prohibition & Organized Crime Politics
Inventions & manufacturing Automobiles (assembly lines)
Advertisements Regional Disparity (farming life)
Music (Jazz) Fashion
Other ideas...
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Expectation Level Four Level Three Level Two Level One Insufficient
A1: Historical Inquiry Choice of sources Choice of sources Choice of sources Choice of sources Choice of sources
MLA formatting demonstrates exceptional demonstrates demonstrates some demonstrates limited demonstrates insufficient
Credibility and variety of understanding of considerable understanding of understanding of understanding of
sources importance of credibility understanding of importance of credibility importance of credibility importance of credibility
and variety of sources importance of credibility and variety of sources and variety of sources and variety of sources
and variety of sources
Exceptional use of MLA Some use of MLA Limited use of MLA Work Cited no submitted
formatting (Error free or Considerable use of formatting (several minor formatting (several major or is insufficient (ex.
minimal errors MLA formatting (few errors or few major errors) URLs only)
minor errors) errors)

A2: Transferable Skills Exceptional use of chosen Considerable use of Some use of chosen Limited use of chosen Did not presented in
Communication and use format chosen format format format person
of required format
Script is submitted in Script is submitted on Script is submitted a little Script is submitted Script is not submitted
advance time late significantly late

B1: Social, Economic, Demonstrated thorough Demonstrated Demonstrated some Demonstrated limited Insufficient understanding
and Political Context understanding of social, considerable understanding of social, understanding of social, of the topic
(how well do you know economic, and political understanding of social, economic, and political economic, and political
the topic) context of the time period economic, and political context of the time period context of the time period
context of the time period

B2: Communities, Demonstrated thorough Demonstrated Demonstrated some Demonstrated limited Insufficient understand of
Conflict, and understanding changes considerable understanding changes understanding changes importance of the topic
Cooperation and how they affected understanding changes and how they affected and how they affected
(why is it important to Canadian society and how they affected Canadian society Canadian society
learn about) Canadian society

B3: Identify, Demonstrated thorough Demonstrated Demonstrated some Demonstrated limited Insufficient understanding
Citizenship, and understanding of considerable understanding of thorough understanding of how the topic
Heritage development of Canadian understanding of development of Canadian of development of contributed to Canadian
(how did the topic identity and heritage development of Canadian identity and heritage Canadian identity and identity
contribute to identity and heritage heritage
understanding Canadian
identify)
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TO SUBMIT (on APRIL 11th):

Please submit the following:

Present their segment on the assigned date (April 11th)
Submit a copy of the script. Highlight the slang words that you have included.
Submit an individual copy of the sources in MLA formatting