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| A treasure trove of primary sources from the actual witch trials including warrants, depositions, court transcripts, letters, and images. |
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| The Salem Witch Trials A searchable database of the complete court documents |
| Modern day Puritans Yes...they're still around! |
| The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, while set in the late 1600's during the Salem witch trials, is actually an historical allegory for the McCarthy period of the early 1950's. As the anti-Communist fervor of the McCarthy era grew increasingly oppressive, Miller saw stark similarities between the early witch hunts and the investigations conducted by the House Un-American Activities Committee led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. |
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| GREAT site from National Geographic on the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria! You can send a Salem postcard or experience the trials yourself with a cool interactive feature. Will YOU survive? |
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| Study Guide for The Crucible |
| Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Contains pictures, soundbites, video. |
| Watch footage of an actual HUAC hearing |
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| Listen to a song from the McCarthy era: "Talking Un-American Blues" |
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| Read a modern day poem about "Half-hanged Mary" who was hung for being a witch and survived! (requires MS Word) |
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| Information about Arthur Miller |
| Visit an interesting website maintained by an actual descendant of Rebecca Nurse! |
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| Visit the Salem Witch Museum |
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