Describes Salem Limestone, a high-quality limestone, and its use by stone carvers to create intricate and detailed sculptures.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an inferencing lesson to introduce the Salem Witch Trials used for teaching The Crucible. Students are presumed to already have background on the Puritans.

The text of these petitions, filed by Isaac Easty and William Good in 1710, request compensation for the prosecution of family members for witchcraft. Also included is Governor Dudley's order for payment of damages.

This National Humanities site gives a brief description of "This notorious episode in the history of early New England," and some ideas for presenting the topic of witchcraft to students.

Biographical and historical note, with portrait, about William Stoughton (1631-1701), that briefly explains Stoughton's role as chief justice during the Salem witch trials. Itemizes the deviations from normal courtroom practice that...

This site provides an extensive bibliography and links for original documents and analysis of the Salem Witch Trials.

This article on the Salem Witchcraft Trials describes the people and events that led to the hanging of 19 people in 1692.

Describes what happened in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 when a group of young girls began to have visions and were accused and tried for witchcraft.

Contains a wealth of information about the writer pulled from a number of libraries around where he lived. Includes extensive biographical information as well as information about many of his works.

This 25-page teacher resource (Word document) offers information and discussion questions on the ocean's neritic zone.

This website provides a brief biography of Jason Lee, early Methodist missionary and doctor and was the founder of Salem, Oregon.

A line drawing of an Italianate house is labeled with features that set this style apart. The text elaborates on the details of the style.

This lesson focuses on the short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It features links to the article "The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 and 'Young Goodman Brown'" and the PDF text for the short story. It also defines...

This lesson supplements one on the "Settlement of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies of New England." It looks at religious dissent and intolerance among the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Students look at Roger...

A chapter from a history text that looks at the Northern colonial economy, colonial town life, the immigrant groups who settled there, slavery in the North, the role of women, the Salem witchcraft trials, and the influence of the...

This section of the web page has a collection of resources on early European witch hunts as well as some of the Salem witch trials.

Examination of the Salem architect who helped to shape a uniquely American approach to neoclassical architecture.

A road map detailing the business district of Salem, Massachusetts, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the streets, major landmarks, street car lines, and the suggested Blue Book route.

An image of the Old Salem Historic District.

An image of the Salem Tavern.

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Modern English transcript of Cotton Mather's original account of the trial of "G.B." recorded during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

What does fungus have to do with the Salem Witch Trials? Volk does a great job of explaining in easy-to-understand language a little known fungus, Claviceps Purpurea, cause of ergotism.

Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.