October 5 th & 6 th

 Please print your Holt Online Essays and add them to your portfolio

 Journal Entry #12 – What do you predict will happen in the next act of The Crucible and what lead you to that idea?  5 minutes

 Reference and Research – We Do  FCAT Released Test Practice

 The Crucible Act I FYI Handout  Jigsaw Activity

 Christian faith that originated in England during the early 1600s  Puritans believed in predestination  They split from the Church of England in 1633  Many emigrated to the American colonies  Their radical beliefs flourished in the new world

 Religion played an important role in Puritan life. The Puritans felt that they were chosen by God for a special purpose and that they must live every moment in a God- fearing manner. Every man, woman, and child was expected to attend the meeting on the Sabbath without question. Puritans were required to read the Bible which showed their religious discipline. If they did not read the Bible, it was thought that they were worshiping the devil.  Preparations for the Sabbath began the day before. All of the food had to be cooked and clothes ready. No labor, not even sewing, could be done on the Sabbath.  The Sabbath began at sundown the night before, and the evening was spent in prayer and Bible study.

 The church was usually a small bare building. Upon entering people would take their appropriate places.  The men sat on one side, the women sat on the other, and the boys did not sit with their parents, but sat together in a designated pew where they were expected to sit in complete silence.  The deacons sat in the front row just below the pulpit because everyone agreed the first pew was the one of highest dignity.  The servants and slaves crowded near the door, into a loft, or a balcony.  The service began with a prayer given by the minister that usually lasted around an hour.  Puritans did not like music in their services. They also felt that music and celebrating were not appropriate in the church meeting house. It was many years before any musical instruments were allowed in the church.

 After the prayer, the minister would continue with an emotional sermon. The minister's sermon would last for two, three, even four hours at a time without restroom breaks or intermissions. The Puritans listened intently to the terrible warnings of sin and punishment.  Church Deacons, such as this one, kept strict order in the church. Using this "staff," deacons would poke anyone misbehaving in church. In this illustration, the boy is being punished for turning around to talk to his friend.  Churches were unheated and for many months of the year and in the winter were unbearably cold. Women carried small foot-stoves from home full of hot coals which were used to warm their feet during the church service.

 Like all Puritans, the residents of Salem Village believed in witches and in witchcraft.  They believed that witchcraft was “entering into a compact with the devil in exchange for certain powers to do evil.”  They considered witchcraft both a sin and a crime; it was a very serious accusation, which was carefully and thoroughly investigated.

 The witchcraft hysteria began in Salem, Massachusetts, in early  Reverend Samuel Parris’s daughter and Abigail Williams started having fits of convulsion, screaming, and hallucination.  A doctor examined the girls and concluded that the only explanation for these bizarre behaviors was witchcraft.

 The girls pointed fingers at Tituba (the Parris’ slave), Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborn, which sparked a witch hunt.

 During the next eight months of terror, more than 150 people were imprisoned for witchcraft.  By the time court was dismissed, 27 people had been convicted, 19 hanged, and 1 pressed to death.  The hysteria that snowballed in Salem reveals how deep the belief in the supernatural ran in colonial America.

 Begin reading Act II in The Crucible  Take out your guided reading questions and be sure to answer each question as we encounter the answer in the text.

 Character Map/Summarizing today’s reading  Add to your notes:  List three effects (what happened?) and three causes (why it happened?) that we’ve encountered in the first two acts of the play. Cause (Why it happened?)Effect (What happened?)

 Continue working towards completing the Cornell Notes for The Crucible