What do you know about witches? What have you heard about the Salem Witch Trials? Discussion

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Background for The Crucible

Guiding Question Can we understand the reasons why this happened, and what we must guard against in our own human natures to prevent something of this nature from happening again?

Puritan Values & Beliefs Notes

Values Puritans valued family life, community, service, art, and literature. They were the first in the colonies to establish a printing press, free public grammar schools, and a college (Harvard). On the other hand, the Puritans were arrogant in their religious faith and completely intolerant of viewpoints different from their own. Article: ml ml

Beliefs (1)Human beings are inherently evil and so must struggle to overcome their sinful nature (2) Personal salvation depends solely on the grace of God, not on individual effort (3) The Bible is the supreme authority on earth The New England Primer: is a famous American schoolbook that dates from before The sale of more than 2 million copies of the book during the 18 th century is an indication of how widely the primer was used (image next slide).

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Background Author info on page 911 don’t forget WHY he wrote The Crucible! Remember: The events in the play itself are an allegory for the intolerance of McCarthyism. Similarly, in The Crucible, there is little evidence that much witchcraft activity is going on, but once accusations started flying, many innocent people get caught in the web of hysteria. Lives are destroyed and people die based on zero evidenceMcCarthyism Build Background- pg 912 and anticipation guide Study Packet

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