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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine some of Miller's historical sources, biographies of key players and transcripts of the Salem Witch trials themselves. They also read a summary of the historical events in Salem and study a timeline. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students examine the origins of the Cold War, and the Korean War. They view these events through music and art. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students read The Crucible to explore causes and effects of Salem Witch Trials, analyze concept of witch hunt, investigate other witch hunts of historical significance, and write paper analyzing a political campaign that could be labeled a witch hunt. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the effect of history on fictional or dramatic works of art by reading, Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. They examine the ties between a nation's history and culture with the literature it produces. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read The Crucible in order to investigate the McCarthy era and the Hollywood Blacklist. Students watch video clips of the McCarthy witch hunts and investigate the time period through online research. Students recreate sections of The Crucible using Reader's Theater and compare the story to what they have learned about McCarthyism. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students describe some of the important elements of life in Puritan New England. They create a timeline of the events of the Salem Witch Trials. They work in groups to explore the concept of multiple interpretations of history. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students study various aspects of The Crucible in English class while paralleling both the Salem Witch Trails and McCarthyism in social studies class. They compare lyrics of a Puritan song to those of a song written during the MCCarthy era. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students read Arthur Miller's The Crucible in order to gain information about the causes and effects of the Salem witchcraft trials. They analyze and discuss the concept of witch hunts. Students investigate the historical causes and effects of the Salem witchcraft trials. They explore the causes and effects of other witch hunts of historical significance. Students write a paper on their findings. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Student read The Crucible by Arthur Miller. They examine the mob mentality of witch hunting seen in the play. They watch clips from the movie and then discuss real-life "witch hunting" in history and possibly, in their own lives, as well. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a dramatic reading of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and discuss scenes that affected them strongly. After discussing the motivation behind writing the book and some of the historical inaccuracies they choose a scene from Miller's play and rewrite it from the perspective of today. Full Review »

