Crucible+project+page

The Crucible Project page...
Possible projects include:  · PowerPoint/ Prezi  · 1-11/2 minute public service announcement  · Web page · Web quest Paper option

Directions: for each of the projects above you will research your topic and then find connections to the actual play. You can also find how the play was different from the topic you chose. It is very important that you relate your topic to the play. For the writing topic please read the directions as you have a few choices here as well. If you need any of the materials please see me and I can get you those handhouts.

** Crucible project topics…. **


 * Salem Witch trials in general
 * Salem Massachusetts…its role in the witch trials..
 * Actual accusers…look up people who accused people of being witches…why? Characteristics? etc
 * Actual witches that were put to death in Salem…look up people who were put to death in Salem because they were accused of being witches…why? Look in your play for actual names of people who were accused.
 * Torture methods of witches
 * Puritans and their roll in the witch trials
 * Native Americans and their connection to the witch trials
 * Define Mass Hysteria and how it relates to the witch trials
 * Arthur Miller…why he wrote The Crucible
 * Arthur Miller and the Red Scare
 * Arthur Miller and the McCarthy Hearings
 * 1956 the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac)
 * Hollywood witch hunts
 * Senator McCarthy and his witch hunts
 * Modern day witch hunts and how they compare to the Salem witch hunts

Click on this site and then put in your topic and see what you get! [] Witch trial information: [] [] []

Puritan Religious beliefs: []

Anything and everything about your topics... []