Curated OER
Which of You Is A Witch?
Students gain comprehensive background knowledge of the Salem witch trials in preparation for reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible. They participate in a role-play activity designed to simulate a modern day witch-hunt.
Curated OER
The Crucible Reading Guide
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read acts 1-4 of Arthur Miller's The Crucible and then respond to 58 short answer questions based on the reading selection.
Curated OER
The Crucible: Study Questions and Essay Topics
In this The Crucible activity, students discuss the role of grudges, John Proctor's great dilemma, and the roles of Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. Students also analyze the role of sex and sexual repression and determine...
Curated OER
The Crucible Study Guide
In this literature study guide for The Crucible worksheet, students respond to 62 reading comprehension questions regarding Acts I-IV of the Arthur Miller play.
Curated OER
The Crucible: Act 2, Scene 2
For this persuasive writing worksheet, students determine whether Act II, Scene II of The Crucible should be included in a production of the play.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials
Focuses on this event's legal proceedings and includes the texts to original documents such as examinations, petitions and death warrants. Also contains brief biographical sketches of some of the people named as witches.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: The Crucible
In this instructional activity students will study Arthur Miller's The Crucible including the langugage used, the issues involved, the background information, reading the text, and planning and delivering (both live and in video) scenes...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Salem Witch Trials
This interactive "Salem Witchcraft Hysteria" is based on the historical facts of the Salem witch trials. Enter if you dare, can you survive the Salem Witch Trials?
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Research Assignment
This lesson focuses on a pre-reading research assigment providing background for The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a list of topics and questions under each topic. It results in a presentation using Glogster, Prezi, or PowerPoint.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Review
This lesson is a review of The Crucible by Arthur Miller including a LitChart and a Jeopardy game over The Crucible.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Final Assessment Essay
This lesson focuses on writing a critical analysis essay over The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features information about writing the introduction, body, and conclusion; a list of topics to choose from, and the essay requirements. Links...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller is presented in this biography for his plays revolving around post-World War II America, paying particular attention to the middle class and effects of Communism. See "Arthur Miller Activities" for related materials.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible
This is the introduction to an American Literature unit on The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Miller wrote the play about the witch hunt in the 1690s in Salem, Massachusetts as an allegory protesting against McCarthyism, a similiar problem...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Vocabulary
This lesson provides a list of vocabulary words for The Crucible by Arthur Miller and a crossword puzzle using the words.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Act I
This lesson focuses on Act I of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a study guide and a self-assessment quiz over Act I.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Act Ii
This lesson focuses on Act II of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a short synopsis, a study guide, and a quiz for Act II.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Act Iii
This lesson focuses on Act III of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a short synopsis, a study guide, and a self-assessment quiz over Act III.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Act Iv
This lesson focuses on Act IV of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features a short synopsis, a study guide, and a self-assessment quiz over Act IV.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: "The Crucible": Inspiration and Reception
This media gallery explores the inspiration for and reception of "The Crucible" during the Hollywood Blacklist with videos from the American Masters film "None Without Sin." The videos and support materials are best used during or after...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Huac and Hollywood
This video and support materials detail the Hollywood blacklist and House Un-American Activities Committee, chronicling the fear of Communism and resulting blacklist based on political ideology. The video is from the American Masters...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Arthur Miller
This is a collection of three video lessons about Arthur Miller and his play "The Crucible." Teaching materials including handouts and discussion questions are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
This collection uses primary sources to explore Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
Critical analysis of both the historical documents and the literary texts connected with the Salem trials is key to this lesson, which includes a number of activities and some wonderful resources.
University of Pennsylvania
Univ. Of Penn: Hysteria and Ideology in "The Crucible"
This website, which is provided for by the University of Pennsylvania, reproduces an article by Richard Hayes from "Commonweal" in 1953. A good opportunity to see a review of "The Crucible" from the time the play originally appeared.