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
Don’t forget the MHS Library has access to:
JSTOR: which is a paid/subscription based research database.
EBSCO: also a reliable/subscription based research database.
These are both more reliable resources than Wikipedia.
Links to these resources are on the library web page.
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