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Salem Online History: Jason Lee 1803 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief biography of Jason Lee, early Methodist missionary and doctor and was the founder of Salem, Oregon.
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The Comprehensive Salem Guide: Salem Architecture: Italianate 1845 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Religious Dissent [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
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...
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Hanover College

Hanover College: Early Modern Europe: The Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: Samuel Mc Intire: Carving an American [Neoclassical] Style

For Students 9th - 10th
Examination of the Salem architect who helped to shape a uniquely American approach to neoclassical architecture.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Salem Business District, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nc: Old Salem Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Old Salem Historic District.
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Salem Witch Trials

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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17th Century Colonial New England: "The Tryal of g.b" by Cotton Mather

For Students 9th - 10th
Modern English transcript of Cotton Mather's original account of the trial of "G.B." recorded during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Fungus of the Month

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

For Students 9th - 10th
In +J1105:J1113this allegorical drama, inspired by the witch hunt trials of 1692-93 and the 1950s Red Scare, the town of Salem is plagued by hysteria and accusations of witchcraft. Selected (9) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Puritans who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony and Rhode Island. The internal and external struggles with these colonies is discussed including the Salem Witch Trials, King Philip's War,...
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Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
This EyeWitness to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, details the Salem Witch Trials.
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Curated OER

Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
This EyeWitness to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, details the Salem Witch Trials.
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Arthur Miller's "The Crucible:" Fact & Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal website provides an essay by Margo Burns, whose interest lies in 17th Century New England (particularly the Salem Witch Trials). The essay focuses on separating the facts from the fictional depiction of Miller's...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Peabody Museum of Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
Now embedded within the Peabody Essex Museum, the East India Marine Hall was built in the 1820s. The museum traces its lineage to the 1799 East India Marine Society, claiming to be the nation's oldest continuously operating museum.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the introduction to an American Literature unit on The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Miller wrote the play about the witch hunt in the 1690s in Salem, Massachusetts as an allegory protesting against McCarthyism, a similiar problem...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Act I

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Act I of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a study guide and a self-assessment quiz over Act I.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: N. Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Hawthorne's classic novel, "The Scarlet Letter." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on...
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Oxford Aasc: African Americans in the Revoluionary War

For Students 9th - 10th
A great display of paintings along with commentary about ten African Americans who were involved in the Revolutionary War era.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Research Assignment

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on a pre-reading research assigment providing background for The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a list of topics and questions under each topic. It results in a presentation using Glogster, Prezi, or PowerPoint.

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