MCCARTHYISM Sept. 3-4

Analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques

MCCARTHYISM HISTORICAL CONTEXT What preoccupied Americans during the 1940s and 1950s? Record your answer in your notes. Reread lines 15–29 and use the information presented to define McCarthyism. Does this paragraph explain McCarthyism objectively or does it take a position on the senator and his campaign? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

The Demons of Salem, With Us Still According to the online article on page 217, how did Americans in the early 1950s feel about communism, and why? Analyze What do “the so-called Red Men- ace” (line 4), “reckless charges” (lines 5–6), “‘comsymps’” (line 6), and “center ring” (line14) suggest about Navasky’s view of McCarthyism? Synthesize If Navasky could have written during the McCarthy hearings, what do you think he would have urged people to do?

Timebends HISTORICAL CONTEXT Reread lines 1–17. What details indicate the significance for Miller of finding Starkey’s book As you have seen by reading these selections, politics, journalism, and literature can share ideas from a particular historical context. One article provides information on the McCarthy hearings; another addresses both the hearings and the writing of The Crucible. The third provides personal testimony from Miller himself. To synthesize what you have read, identify a theme or idea that runs through all three selections.

journalist Edward R. Murrow, Research the following and discuss how the “red scare” affected them personally and professionally. Paul Robeson Arthur Miller Aaron Copland Leonard Bernstein Charlie Chaplin Elia Kazan Mort Sahl journalist Edward R. Murrow,