The Golden Age of Radio | Teaching with Primary Sources

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History-Social Science STEAM
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The Golden Age of Radio | Teaching with Primary Sources

This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources related to the uses and popularity of radio as a means of mass communication in the 1940s.

Thinking Questions

  • Finish this sentence: During the 1930s and 1940s, Americans liked radio because ________________.
  • How did radio announcers make news reports and entertainment programs sound more interesting to the listeners?
  • Why was radio able to influence the whole country better than newspapers?
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PBS Learning Media

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