If You Were American

📻BBC Schools Radio

companyBBC

started26th Sep 1941

ended3rd Jul 1942

1 school year

duration20 mins

subject ⚖️Citizenship

age rangeAge 11-13 & Age 13-16

languageenIn English

Wartime Citizenship

Previous series: If I Were British Next series: If You Were Chinese

If You Were American is a BBC schools radio series from the 1940s, covering citizenship for secondary school pupils.

replaced If I Were British, and itself replaced by If You Were Chinese

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