West Jefferson High School Hook The Climate of Fear Atmosphere Demand for Accusation Intimidation Evidence Social Hysteria Disregard for Legal Rights Essential Questions Essential Questions Students will choose which one they want to follow throughout the course of the play ID: 776036
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The Crucible Unit
By Kristie N. Scott West Jefferson High School
Slide2Hook
Slide3The Climate of Fear
AtmosphereDemand for AccusationIntimidationEvidenceSocial HysteriaDisregard for Legal Rights
Slide4Essential Questions
Essential Questions: (Students will choose which one they want to follow throughout the course of the play!)
1. Is passive acceptance of injustice may be the greatest evil of all?
2. Do false charges harm the accuser as much as the accused?
3. Are those who claim to speak for God furthering their own ambitions?
4. Are people willing to believe outrageous lies when those lies serve their interests?
5. Are the evils of jealousy, greed, and ambition more powerfully destructive than any supernatural evils?
6. Are those who are the most judgmental those with the most to hide?
7. Does resistance to injustice carry its own reward?
8. Are ordinary people when faced with extraordinary situations capable of great deeds?
9. Can things be untrue even if many people believe in it?
10. Do we leave ourselves vulnerable to enemies when we conceal our sins?
11. Are law and justice the same thing?
12. Is it better to sacrifice your life or your principles?
Slide5Visuals and Audio Visuals
http://youtu.be/l47D5ISemds
-9/11 Conspiracy
http://youtu.be/fB1OWwFTZ8U
-The Salem Witch Trials
http://youtu.be/Nh18dZk8QAY
-The McCarthy Trials
http://youtu.be/S_VUPIzN8s4
-The Oklahoma City Bombing
Slide6Colonial History
Slide7Anne Bradstreet and Views about Women in Colonial Time Period
Slide8Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God!
Slide9The Facts Please!
Salem Village Info, Maps, Facts from TrialAccounts and Histories of various People involved in the Salem Witch Trials Letters, Court transcripts, and testimony from witnesses
Slide10The Crucible
Each Act will have the following things:
VocabComprehension QuestionsDiscussion QuestionsDocument Based Inquiry NotesQuote Drawing and Interpretation
Slide11Research Articles
Six other articles of choice from list below: (22 total choices)The Outbreak at Salem VillageThe Witchcraft Trials in Salem:A CommentaryThe Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692Salem Witchcraft, A Brief HistoryDecoding the Salem Witch Trials-Part 1,2, 3What Caused the Salem Witch TrialsThe Salem Witch-Hunts, Why? Arthur’s Miller’s The Crucible-Fact and FictionErgot Poisoning-The Cause of the Salem Witch TrialsSalem Witch Trials-Statistical Analysis of the AfflictedSalem Witch Trials FAQ’sVarious Chapters from The Devil in the Shape of a WomanHandmaidens of the DevilWitches WithinThe Women’s HolocaustSalem’s Dark Hours:Did the Devil Make them do it?Salem Witchcraft:The Events and Causes of the Salem Witch TrialsNew England Witchcraft BeliefsUnder an Evil HandHistoria-Salem in 1692
Slide12Document Based Inquiry Sheets
Slide13The Paper