1. To complete this project, follow the directions contained in this PowerPoint

3. 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 font The slides must be visually appealing You can use noise/music as long as it is appropriate You may use note cards Project your voices!!! Practice & know how to pronounce everything

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

6. 1. Salem Witch Trials Salem Witch Trials 2. Important People Important People 3. Arthur Miller Arthur Miller 4. Cold War Cold War 5. McCarthyism & The Crucible McCarthyism & The Crucible 6. Static and dynamic characters Static and dynamic characters 7. Irony, tragedy, and tragic hero – see slide 13 8. External & internal conflict and theme – see slide 14 9. Metaphor, simile, and personification – see slide 15

7. 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 Parris 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 LibraryNRHS Virtual Library - scroll down and click on Worldbook The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692

8. Using these websites, briefly state the identity of each person in the chart below Biographies More biographies John Proctor & Abigail Williams John ProctorAbigail Williams Cotton MatherTitubaSarah Good John ProctorAbigail WilliamsRebecca Nurse Samuel ParrisAnn PutnamJohn Hathorne

9. Give a BRIEF biography of Arthur Miller’s life using these internet sources Go to the media center website, click on virtual library, then click on “EBSCOhost.” Choose the “student research center” then select “biographies”media center website Go to the media center website, click on virtual library, then click on “Worldbook Online”media center website

10. First, investigate McCarthyism using this worksheetthis 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.media center website Presentation: 1. Explain McCarthyism to the class with the answers you found to the worksheet 2. Explain to the class how Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as a veiled (hidden) criticism of McCarthyism.

11. 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.media center website 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??

12. Define the difference between static and dynamic characters using the sites below http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.htm http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.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.

13. Define each term using the sites below http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.htm http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.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.

14. Define each term using the sites below http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.htm http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.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.

15. Define each term using the sites below http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.htm http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm s.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.

16. 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.. Example Website citation: Trevenen, Thomas. “Dynamic Character.” Literary Terms. 2001-2002. Masconomet.org. 2 March 2010. www.masconomet.org/teachers.