Salem Witch Trials - Lesson Plans
Lesson plans, curriculum guides and other teacher resources on the Salem Witch Trials, Salem Village witchcraft hysteria, witch craze and parallels to Arthur Miller's drama, The Crucible.
Books on the Salem Witch Trials
A selection of the best books to read to learn more about the New England witch hunts. Some books look at why most of the accused were women; others focus on alternate explanations, including legal rules, disease, psychology, religion and so forth.
A selection of the best books to read to learn more about the New England witch hunts. Some books look at why most of the accused were women; others focus on alternate explanations, including legal rules, disease, psychology, religion and so forth.
The Crucible Project
A full online curriculum, including assignments and a downloadable multimedia PowerPoint presentation, on Arthur Miller's play that focuses on the Salem witch trials.
A full online curriculum, including assignments and a downloadable multimedia PowerPoint presentation, on Arthur Miller's play that focuses on the Salem witch trials.
Days of Judgment: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692
This curriculum for middle and high school students includes nine interdisciplinary lessons looking at law, folk belief, critical thinking, and Anne Bradstreet's poetry. Uses a video, Days of Judgment. Includes a link to a downloadable lesson plan in the form of a .pdf file (use free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
This curriculum for middle and high school students includes nine interdisciplinary lessons looking at law, folk belief, critical thinking, and Anne Bradstreet's poetry. Uses a video, Days of Judgment. Includes a link to a downloadable lesson plan in the form of a .pdf file (use free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Paper Guidelines: Women in the US Before 1890
An assignment for a college history course reflecting on women's place in 17th century New England, using Salem Witch Trial documents and Carol Karlsen's The Devil in the Shape of a Woman.
An assignment for a college history course reflecting on women's place in 17th century New England, using Salem Witch Trial documents and Carol Karlsen's The Devil in the Shape of a Woman.
Salem Witch Trials Lesson Plans and Lecture Notes
Designed especially for Advanced Placement US History, the material (which includes some original source documents) will be useful for other high school classes, as well.
Designed especially for Advanced Placement US History, the material (which includes some original source documents) will be useful for other high school classes, as well.
Salem Witch Trials Unit
A 5th-grade lesson plan for using the Salem Witch Trials to learn about human differences, prejudice, information-gathering, and leadership.
A 5th-grade lesson plan for using the Salem Witch Trials to learn about human differences, prejudice, information-gathering, and leadership.
The Salem Witch Trials
A lesson plan for grades 7-9 on the Salem witch craze, meant to integrate history and literature and encourage cooperative learning.
A lesson plan for grades 7-9 on the Salem witch craze, meant to integrate history and literature and encourage cooperative learning.
Teacher Tips
Discovery Channel curriculum notes for grades 5-8, looking at how the people of Salem in their time's context but also as people who are like us "with their own beliefs, fears, challenges, petty disagreements, even jealousies."
Discovery Channel curriculum notes for grades 5-8, looking at how the people of Salem in their time's context but also as people who are like us "with their own beliefs, fears, challenges, petty disagreements, even jealousies."
Which of You Is a Witch?
From the National Teacher Training Institute, a 4-lesson curriculum on the Salem Witchcraft Trials and the play, The Crucible, for grades 9-12.
From the National Teacher Training Institute, a 4-lesson curriculum on the Salem Witchcraft Trials and the play, The Crucible, for grades 9-12.