1. 7th grade student Language Arts 5th Period 5-1-10
Salem Witch Trials
7th grade student
Language Arts
5th Period
5-1-10

2. My Position
The “afflicted” girls were faking so they could get attention.

3. History of the Salem Witch Trials
Salem is settled in 1626 by Puritans [2]
Tituba, a slave from Barbados (who was Native American, not black) [3], begins telling stories of “magic and sorcery” [1] to Betty Parris (nine-years-old) and Abigail Williams (11-years-old), the girls of the Parris family
Word spread to other girls in Salem Village, and six more girls joined the group called “the circle girls” [1]

4. History Continued…
Betty Parris began to feel guilty and she started to act odd
Eventually, all the girls were so guilt ridden that they told the priests that Tituba had bewitched them, as well as Sarah Goode, who was a beggar, and Sarah Osborne
Tituba confesses to being a witch, Goode was hung, and Osborne died in prison [4]
Many more people were tried and killed

5. My Evidence Women were supposed to be seen not heard
At trials, the only evidence they had was the word of these girls
The girls had never gotten attention like this

6. Pictures [2]- A Hanging

7. Pictures [2]- An Arrest Warrant

8. Works Cited
1. Laurel Van Der Linde; The Devil In Salem Village; Brookfield, Connecticut; The Millbrook Press, 1992, Print
2. (no author); Famous American Trials: Salem Witch Trials; (no publication date); 4/20/10;
3. Tim Lambert; The Salem Witch Trials; 2006; 5/5/10;
4. (no author); Victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692; (no publication date); 5/5/10;

9. The End!