The Crucible Web Quest

Categories
1. Salem Witch Trials
2. Ergot

3. McCarthyism and Arthur Miller

4. Puritan life/Salem Village

5. Directions:
6. Select 3 of the above categories to research each topic. Answer the questions for
those sections by visiting the links listed. You may do an internet search on your own
for additional information.
7. Once you have answered the questions, take the information and write 2 well
developed paragraphs on two of the three topics you researched (topic sentence, 2
major details, 4 minor details, concluding sentence for each paragraph this is the
minimum requirement).
8. SALEM WITCH TRIALS:
1. How many people died in Salem Village? How many of that number were executed by
hanging?
2. Who was the Man of Iron and how did he get that name?
3. What were the four dates of public hangings?
4. List at least 4 options for people who were accused. Select one option and detail the
pros and cons of that option.
5. What are witch marks?
6. List two reasons why the hysteria came to an end.
9. WEBSITES:
10.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

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http://www.salemweb.com/guide/witches.shtml

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ERGOT

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What is Ergot?
What did it have to do with the witch trials?
Describe the behaviors of the afflicted girls.
What are the side effects of ergot poisoning?
Who first made the connection between ergotism and the Salem witch trials?
In what decade was this connection first made?

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WEBSITES:

14. http://nrhs.nred.org/www/nred_nrhs/site/hosting/Resources4SocialStudies/HistSites/
CrucibleFile/filespics/whichwitchergot.htm
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http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1037.htm

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/witches-curses-clues-evidence/1501/

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http://people.ucls.uchicago.edu/~snekros/Salem%20Journal/Aftermath/AnnaK.html

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http://www.foodreference.com/html/a-ergotism-salem.html

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MCCARTHYISM AND ARTHUR MILLER

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Who was Joseph McCarthy?

What was the House UnAmerican Activities Committee?
What was Arthur Millers involvement?
Name at least two other people in Hollywood affected by McCarthyism.

5. What happened to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

6. When did Sen. McCarthy die? How old was he?
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WEBSITES:

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http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s /huac-main.html

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http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s /navasky-chap10.html

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http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s /mccarthy-bio.html

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/mccarthyism/484

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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm

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PURITAN LIFE IN GENERAL/SALEM VILLAGE

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What was life like for Puritan children?

Who had it rougher, girls or boys? Why?
What was the title of the Cotton Mather book that help incite the hysteria?
What division existed in Salem at the time?
Why was Reverend Parris hiring significant to the Village?
What did the Puritans thing about the Devils existence?

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WEBSITES:

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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PURITAN/purhist.html

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http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/purdef.htm

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http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-salemwitchcraft.html

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