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| A webquest for high school American Literature students intended to be used as background research for Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Your class will divide into teams that will each be responsible for gathering information pertinent to the play. At the end of the activity, you will share your knowledge with the rest of the class. |
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| GROUP 1: The Salem Witchcraft Trials
Your group will be responsible for reporting on the background of the hysteria in Salem. Use these websites to answer the questions on your handout: Wikipedia info on the witch trials Famous American Trials A Possible Cause of the Salem Witch Trials GROUP 2: Arthur Miller Your group will be responsible for reporting on the author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller. Use these websites to answer the questions on your handout: Wikipedia info on Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible Arthur Miller on why he wrote The Crucible Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Fact and Fiction GROUP 3: Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare of the 1950’s Your group will be responsible for reporting on Senator McCarthy and the fear of Communism in the 1950’s. Use these websites to answer the questions on your handout: Communism and the Red Scare of the 50’s Wikipedia info on Senator McCarthy Background on McCarthyism |
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| With the time you have left, go experience the National Geographic virtual witch hunt. You have been accused of witchcraft. Can you survive the trials? |