1. By Kristie N. Scott West Jefferson High School
The Crucible Unit
By Kristie N. Scott
West Jefferson High School

2. Hook

3. The Climate of Fear Atmosphere Demand for Accusation Intimidation
Evidence
Social Hysteria
Disregard for Legal Rights

4. Essential Questions
Essential Questions: (Students will choose which one they want to follow throughout the course of the play!)
1.  Is passive acceptance of injustice may be the greatest evil of all?
2.  Do false charges harm the accuser as much as the accused?
3. Are those who claim to speak for God furthering their own ambitions?
4. Are people willing to believe outrageous lies when those lies serve their interests?
5. Are the evils of jealousy, greed, and ambition more powerfully destructive than any supernatural evils?
6. Are those who are the most judgmental those with the most to hide?
7. Does resistance to injustice carry its own reward?
8. Are ordinary people when faced with extraordinary situations capable of great deeds?
9. Can things be untrue even if many people believe in it?
10. Do we leave ourselves vulnerable to enemies when we conceal our sins?
11. Are law and justice the same thing?
12. Is it better to sacrifice your life or your principles?

5. Visuals and Audio Visuals
-9/11 Conspiracy
-The Salem Witch Trials
-The McCarthy Trials
-The Oklahoma City Bombing

6. Colonial History

7. Anne Bradstreet and Views about Women in Colonial Time Period

8. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God!

9. The Facts Please! Salem Village Info, Maps, Facts from Trial
Accounts and Histories of various People involved in the Salem Witch Trials
Letters, Court transcripts, and testimony from witnesses

10. The Crucible Each Act will have the following things: Vocab
Comprehension Questions
Discussion Questions
Document Based Inquiry Notes
Quote Drawing and Interpretation

11. Research Articles
Six other articles of choice from list below: (22 total choices)
The Outbreak at Salem Village
The Witchcraft Trials in Salem:A Commentary
The Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692
Salem Witchcraft, A Brief History
Decoding the Salem Witch Trials-Part 1,2, 3
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch-Hunts, Why?
Arthur’s Miller’s The Crucible-Fact and Fiction
Ergot Poisoning-The Cause of the Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials-Statistical Analysis of the Afflicted
Salem Witch Trials FAQ’s
Various Chapters from The Devil in the Shape of a Woman
Handmaidens of the Devil
Witches Within
The Women’s Holocaust
Salem’s Dark Hours:Did the Devil Make them do it?
Salem Witchcraft:The Events and Causes of the Salem Witch Trials
New England Witchcraft Beliefs
Under an Evil Hand
Historia-Salem in 1692

12. Document Based Inquiry Sheets

13. The Paper