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+ Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism Two moments of our nation’s mass hysteria collide in The Crucible.

+ What is mass hysteria? Can you think of times when our nation (or the world) had a sudden, overwhelming fear about something? Japanese internment in WWII Salem Witch Trials in 1692 Fear of Arab-Americans post-9/11 Holocaust Stalin’s regime in Russia McCarthyism in the 1950s

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+ Salem Witch Trials WHAT: Trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft WHERE: Colonial Massachusetts WHO: Young girls (who accused community members of witchcraft) Community members (accused of witchcraft) Magistrates and prosecutors WHEN:Colonial time period (1692) WHY:Puritan beliefs—Supernatural, Devil/Witches

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+ McCarthyism WHAT:Widespread fear of communism that led to US House and Senate hearings— in an attempt to uncover communist activities WHERE:United States—in the nation’s capitol and around the country WHO:Senator Joseph McCarthy (claimed there were Communists and Soviet spies in the federal government and elsewhere) HUAC: House Un-American Activities Committee Actors, Writers, Directors: blacklisted by the HUAC WHY:Pervading fear of Communism, Soviet spies WHEN: 1950s

+ Side-by-Side Comparison Salem Witch TrialsMcCarthyism WHAT SIMILARITIES DO YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE TW0 TIME PERIODS?

+ What’s different? What’s the same?

+ Can You Imagine… Imagine you’re an artist —doing what you love most. You’ve been fairly successful and people actually like your work. They like it enough to pay for it. You’re living your dream of working at what you love doing. And you’re making a difference. People enjoy your art and what you do. But all of this is put at jeopardy when one of your good friend s and fellow artists turns in you in. He turns you in for a crime you didn’t commit. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?

+ Why Arthur Miller Wrote the Crucible… Arthur Miller was an artist brought before the HUAC. The story of The Crucible in some ways parallels his story.