Montrose High School

LEAD from the front

Researching the background of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

Directions: Scan the links below to find appropriate sources to answer your group questions.

Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

EyeWitness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm

Salem Witchcraft

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/salemwitchcraft.html#witchcraft

Salem Witch Trials

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/index.html

Primary Sources: The Library of Congress: American Memory

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

(Use the search box at the top right to search key words; here you will find primary documents and authentic artifacts.)

The 1950s: The Cold War Museum

http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/index.asp

The Cold War Museum:  Senator McCarthy, McCarthyism, and the Witch Hunt

http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/senatorjosephmccarthy.asp

“Why I Wrote the Crucible” by Arthur Miller (October 21, 1996) Source: The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/10/21/1996_10_21_158_TNY_CARDS_000373902

National Geographic Interactive Witch Hunt

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/

Biographical Information—Source: A&E Television Network

 www.biography.com

Online encyclopedia entries:

Jonathan Edwards

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179857/Jonathan-Edwards

Cotton Mather

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/369261/Cotton-Mather

Nathaniel Hawthorne

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/257594/Nathaniel-Hawthorne