Radio Plays to Play in Class

War of the Worlds was performed by Orson Welles for a Halloween special in 1938. The broadcast caused panic and chaos, because so many people thought they were listening to an actual news report about aliens attacking the planet. The original broadcast is available on CD now. (For more about War of the Worlds, check out this Wikipedia article).

Ann Petry's The Bones of Louella Brown is a great ghost story that addresses racism in the 1920s. This story is available as a radio play from Scribbling Women. Lots of resources for teachers are available at the Scribbling Women website.