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English 11 - The Crucible |
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Ms. Biernat will explain the length, format, MLA documentation, and plagarism before you begin this term paper. |
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Your Assignment: - You will use the Crucible, the History Channel's presentation "History's Mysteries: The Salem Witchcraft Trials," the internet article "Salem Witchcraft" by Timothy Sutton, and 2 other sources to write this essay (one of the other sources needs to be a book).
After reading and researching, you will determine what you believe are the actual three major causes of the witchcraft scare in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Once you have selected these three causes, you will explain each of them in detail in the body of the essay, and in addition, make connections to the text of The Crucible where you see examples of these causes occurring in the play.
There are a number of print resources available to you as well as internet resources. Use the list of books listed below and the pathfinder 17th Century Witchcraft, Colonial Massachusetts, Arthur Miller. I have listed the websites below. |
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PRINT RESOURCES |
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PRINT RESOURCES RESERVED THRU INTERLIBRARY LOAN |
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Witchcraft In America
133.4
SAA
The Salem Witch Trials
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RIC
The Salem Witch Trials
345.744
KAL
The Salem Witchcraft Trial
345.744
ZEI
Puritanism
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A Fever In Salem. W. Carlson
Witches and Neighbors. R. Briggs
Witchcraft and Religion. C. Larner
Entertaining Satan. J.P. Demos
Salem Possessed. P. Boyer; S. Nissenbaum
In The Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692.
M.B. Norton
Magic, Witchcraft and Religtion. S.C. Lehmann |
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17TH CENTURY COLONIAL AMERICA - THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
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Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (enter Salem Witchcraft as your search term). |
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Salem Witchcraft Hysteria-experience the hysteria from the shoes of an accused witch. |
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Famous American trials- |
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American Colonies-The Salem Witch Trials |
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The Salem Witch Trials-Electronic Resources |
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American Literature-Martin Felton Library:Salem Witch Trials |
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Salem Witch Museum |
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17th Century Colonial New England |
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ARTHUR MILLER WEBSITES |
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Arthur Miller-offers background info and links. |
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Arthur Miller Society |
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Arthur Miller-Biography plus links to all of his works currently in print. |
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Steinbeck's defense of Arthur Miller-"The Trial of Arthur Miller" |
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