1. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible A play with more than meets the eye!

2. Arthur Miller’s play premiered in 1953. Check out what else was going on in 1953: – http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.p hp?mod_id=108&review=yes#965 http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.p hp?mod_id=108&review=yes#965 – And see this map too: http://flatrock.org.nz/static/frontpage/assets/h istory/cold_war_map.jpg http://flatrock.org.nz/static/frontpage/assets/h istory/cold_war_map.jpg What was happening in the world after World War II?

3. Communism Scare Check out how people felt about communism: http://theomahaproject.org/module_displa y.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#946 http://theomahaproject.org/module_displa y.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#946 How did people react to communism? What did the government do about the fear of communism?

4. Why were people so scared? Check out the Alger Hiss story: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/US Ahiss.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/US Ahiss.htm Why was this event so troubling to the American people? What did it seem to prove to them?

5. The Rise of Joe McCarthy Check out Senator Joe McCarthy: http://theomahaproject.org/module_displa y.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#974 http://theomahaproject.org/module_displa y.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#974 How did Joe McCarthy make himself known? Why did he make himself known?

6. McCarthy’s claim Check out what McCarthy claimed to the American public: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456 http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456 What does McCarthy claim? How does he make his argument sound convincing to the American public? What does he say that makes it sound “bad” to go against him?

7. McCarthy Hearings Check out how Senator McCarthy went about “proving” his claims: http://theomahaproject.org/module_displa y.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#969 http://theomahaproject.org/module_displa y.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#969 What sort of proof did McCarthy use for his claims? Why might people have believed his proof at first?

8. Reaction to McCarthyism Check out this video from President Truman: Follow the link, scroll after the picture to the small letters saying “Truman on McCarthy.mpg”Follow the link, scroll after the picture to the small letters saying “Truman on McCarthy.mpg” What was Truman afraid people might do with McCarthy’s accusations? How did Truman want the American people to act?

9. Connect with The Crucible Take out your theme HW from last night – look at the themes you found in the story. Do any of those themes run through the events with Senator McCarthy? How so? Explain in complete sentences? How might the stories of the Crucible and McCarthyism be similar? Make a Venn diagram that shows the similarities and differences between the Crucible and the events of the 1950s.