The complete this project, follow the directions contained in this PowerPoint

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/story/story.html

1. Follow the prompts in this PowerPoint to help you conduct your research. Record your sources!!

2. Create a 5-slide PowerPoint about your group’s assigned topic with which you will use to teach the class

BE CREATIVE: use lots of IMAGES and few words – NO complete sentences

All words must be at least 30 point fontThe slides must be visually appealingYou can use noise/music as long as it is appropriateYou may use note cardsProject your voices!!! Practice & know how to

pronounce everything

3. Create a works cited page of your resources using MLA format as the 6th slide of your PowerPoint (click here for help with how to cite a website)

4. Create 3 multiple-choice test questions about your topic – do not make the wrong answers obvious – type these in Word and print them out. Make sure the answers for all three questions are smoothly integrated into your presentation.

5. Print out your slides in the handout format – 6 slides to a page in black and white

EVERYONE must participate equally during the presentation and share equally in the preparation work in

the lab

THIS IS A TEST GRADE

1. Salem Witch Trials2. Important People3. Arthur Miller4. Cold War5. McCarthyism & The Crucible6. Static and dynamic characters7. Irony, tragedy, and tragic hero8. External & internal conflict and theme9. Metaphor, simile, and personification

Answer these questions in your presentation using the cites listed in the green box

1. Approximately when did the Salem witch trials take place?

2. What are some possible causes for the hysteria in Salem? 

3. What event concerning the Parrish children ignited the hysteria?

4. What types of punishment were used for those accused of witchcraft?

5. What happened to those who did not confess to witchcraft?

6. How many lives did the Salem trials ultimately claim?

NRHS Virtual Library - scroll down and click on WorldbookThe Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692

Using these websites, briefly state the identity of each person in the chart belowBiographiesMore biographiesJohn Proctor & Abigail Williams

Cotton Mather Tituba Sarah Good

John Proctor Abigail Williams Rebecca Nurse

Samuel Parris Ann Putnam John Hathorne

Give a BRIEF biography of Arthur Miller’s life using these internet sourcesGo to the media center website, click on virtual

library, then click on “EBSCOhost.” Choose the “student research center” then select “biographies”

Go to the media center website, click on virtual library, then click on “Worldbook Online”

First, investigate McCarthyism using this worksheet

Second, read about how McCarthyism is in The Crucible by typing in “The Crucible” into the Worldbook Online which is linked to the media center website in the virtual library.

Presentation:1. Explain McCarthyism to the class with the

answers you found to the worksheet2. Explain to the class how Arthur Miller wrote The

Crucible as a veiled (hidden) criticism of McCarthyism.

Explain the Cold War to the class using KEY information from the Worldbook Online which is linked to the media center website in the virtual library.

You only need to read the information on the Worldbook up to the first sub section called “the coming of the Cold War”

I recommend printing out the article then highlighting the information you think you will use during the presentation

How could you present this topic in a creative way with your PowerPoint??

Define the difference between static and dynamic characters using the sites belowhttp://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.htmlhttp://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen

/litterms.htm

Use at least two pieces of literature that we have read to give an example of a static and dynamic character. Be sure to fully explain why the character is static or dynamic.

Define each term using the sites belowhttp://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.htmlhttp://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen

/litterms.htmGive an example of each term using literature

we have studied this year. You must use at least 2 different pieces of literature. Fully explain your application of the given term to the piece of literature.

Define each term using the sites belowhttp://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.htmlhttp://www.masconomet.org/teachers/

trevenen/litterms.htm

Give an example of each term using literature we have studied this year. You must use at least 2 different pieces of literature. Fully explain your application of the given term to the piece of literature.

Define each term using the sites belowhttp://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.htmlhttp://www.masconomet.org/teachers/

trevenen/litterms.htm

Give an example of each term using literature we have studied this year. You must use at least 2 different pieces of literature. Fully explain your application of the given term to the piece of literature.

Title your page “Works Cited” then alphabetize citations following the citation format below

Website Citation: Author. “Title of Page.” Title of the Larger Site. Date of

Publication. Name of Associated Institution. Date you viewed the cited. <brief web address >.Example Website citation:

Trevenen, Thomas. “Dynamic Character.” Literary Terms.

2001-2002. Masconomet.org. 2 March 2010. www.masconomet.org/teachers.