1. The Salem Witch Trials

2. Do Now With your small groups, answer the questions: 1)When you think of witches, what comes to mind? 2) What were the Salem Witch Trials? (Summarize)

3. The Salem Witch Trials 1692

4. Which Witch is Which? Witches and Witch-Hunts

5. Witch-Hunts Historical and International Context – http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sale m/witchhistory.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sale m/witchhistory.html – http://education.nationalgeographic.com/educati on/news/witch-trials-21st-century/?ar_a=1 http://education.nationalgeographic.com/educati on/news/witch-trials-21st-century/?ar_a=1 – http://www.livescience.com/47981-witchcraft- killings-men-papua-new-guinea.html http://www.livescience.com/47981-witchcraft- killings-men-papua-new-guinea.html

6. Essential Questions Why did the Salem Witch Trials occur? Why does mass hysteria occur?

7. Hysteria- (noun)- behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess (Merriam-Webster)

8. Our Goal Analyze and interpret primary and secondary source documents in order to come up with our own theory as to why the Salem Witch Trials occurred. – Historians are still debating this

9. Historical Thinking Skills Contextualization – Connecting developments to specific circumstances Historical argumentation and use of evidence

10. “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials” Subtitle: “One town’s strange journey from paranoia to pardon.” How does this help us understand the author’s point of view of the Salem Witch Trials?

11. What do we know? 1689 -King William’s War; Rev. Samuel Parris becomes minister of Salem Jan. 1692- Elizabeth Parris (9), Abigail Williams (11) and Ann Putnam (11) begin having unexplained fits Mar. 1692- Girls accuse Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne May 1692- Governor Phipps establishes Special Court of Oyer (to hear)

12. June 1692- First accused witch, Bridget Bishop is executed Oct. 1692- Increase Mather (President of Harvard) denounces the use of spectral evidence. – -Gov. Phipps prohibits further arrests and disbands the special court May 1693- Gov. Phipps pardons all accused who are still in prison

13. Why did this occur? Let’s begin analyzing our clues.

14. “Examination of a Witch” Painted 1853

15. “The Trial of George Jacobs” Painted 1855

16. Rev. Samuel Parris

17. Arrest Warrant for Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce, April 4, 1692

18. Map: The Geography of Witchcraft: Salem Village, 1692 The Geography of Witchcraft: Salem Village, 1692 Geographic patterns of witchcraft testimony mirrored tensions within Salem Village. Accused witches and their defenders lived mostly in the village's eastern division or in Salem town, whereas their accusers overwhelmingly resided in the village's western sector. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

19. Closure 1.Based upon your current understanding, summarize (2-3 sentences) why you think the Salem Witch Trials hysteria occurred. 2.Explain one thing you learned from the documents. 3.Write down one question that you have about one of the documents.

20. Assignment Analyze the remaining documents. For each document: – When was it created? – How specifically does it deepen or expand our understanding of the Witch Trials? – What cause does it suggest?