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Titles of Interest for Teaching
These titles are available from LodesTone and may be
usefull in teaching classes about history and the history of radio drama:
The Works of Norman Corwin
- We Hold These Truths 1941 - US Bill of Rights: civics, constitutional
law, citizenship, and US history (of 1789, and also, as a primary
source, of 1941). FDR speaks at the end. Broadcast December 15, 1941
- We Hold These Truths 1991 - US history, civics, law, women's rights,
Constitution, acclaimed remake of the above, expanded to cover all the
Constitutional Amendments with 70% new material. Broadcast December 15,
1991.
- On A Note Of Triumph - history, military, international relations,
politics, Hitler, Nazism, World War II primary source - the original V-E
Day broadcast, May 8, 1945
- 50 Years After 14 AUGUST - history, World War II, Japanese, Pacific War,
V-J Day broadcast (this is the remake of Corwin's original 1945 program,
which is not available). Corwin produced this 50 years later, broadcast
August 14, 1995.
- Thirteen By Corwin - history, military, fantasy, foreign affairs, United
Nations, comedy, drama, World War II, .philosophy, radio, poetry
- No Love Lost - US History, literary, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander
Hamilton, Aaron Burr, 1799, politics, Liberal vs. Conservative,
political parties
- The Writer With The Lame Left Hand, biography, Miguel de Cervantes,
literary, history, Spain, Don Quixote, Spanish Inquisition
- The Curse of 589 - Ireland, leprechaun, romance, new age, philosophy of
science, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, magic, supernatural
- The Secretariat - religion, prayer, philosophy, computers, bureaucracy,
sociology
OTHER ITEMS
Craven Street - US history, British history, biography, Benjamin
Franklin, England, U.S.-British relations, London, American revolution
Spirited Yarns - literary, humor, supernatural, Mark Twain, Charles
Dickens, Frank Stockton, Stephen Leacock, Henry James, Oscar Wilde,
Richard Middleton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Blacklisted - US History, House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC),
Senator Joseph McCarthy, Hollywood, motion picture industry
Empire Of The Air -US History, radio, biography, inventions, technical,
corporate, David Sarnoff, Lee DeForest, Edwin Howard Armstrong
Raymond Chandler's "Goldfish" - literary, mystery, detective, Philip
Marlowe, film noir
Dinotopia, The World Beneath - fantasy, children's stories, dinosaurs,
social issues
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