Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: From Here to Narnia
This lesson plan will provide eighth grade Language Arts students with an inquiry-based research project based on C. S. Lewis' classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The student will determine the author's purpose in writing this...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay
An overview of the Puritans who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony and Rhode Island. The internal and external struggles with these colonies is discussed including the Salem Witch Trials, King Philip's War,...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Two Witches With a Cat
An image of "Two Witches with a Cat", created by Jacob De Ii Gheyn during the 1600's (Pen and brush and brown wash, 244 x 153 mm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Witches' Initiation
An image of "Witches' Initiation", created by David the Younger Teniers from 1647-49 (Oil on wood, 48 x 70 cm).
Other
Luther College: Magic and the Common People of Early Modern Europe
Examines the role that superstition and a belief in magic played in people's lives in early modern Europe.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials Bibliography and Links
This site provides an extensive bibliography and links for original documents and analysis of the Salem Witch Trials.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an inferencing lesson to introduce the Salem Witch Trials used for teaching The Crucible. Students are presumed to already have background on the Puritans.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Helen's Babies
This ebook version of John Habberton's Helen's Babies: With Some Account Of Their Ways Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching, And Repulsive, Also, A Partial Record Of Their Actions During Ten Days Of Their Existence has been made...
Other
Arthur Miller's "The Crucible:" Fact & Fiction
This personal website provides an essay by Margo Burns, whose interest lies in 17th Century New England (particularly the Salem Witch Trials). The essay focuses on separating the facts from the fictional depiction of Miller's...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Macbeth
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students drag and drop the witch, Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth into the appropriate scene. Descriptive words involving these characters are given. It is intended for grades 6-8.
Curated OER
Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692
This EyeWitness to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, details the Salem Witch Trials.
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Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692
This EyeWitness to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, details the Salem Witch Trials.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Four Witches
An image of "The Four Witches", created by Albrecht Durer in 1497 (Engraving, 190 x 131 mm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Saul and the Witch of Endor
An image of "Saul and the Witch of Endor", created by Jacob Cornelisz Van Oostsanen in 1526 (Oil on panel, 88,3 x 123 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Manfred and the Alpine Witch
An image of "Manfred and the Alpine Witch", created by John Martin in 1837 (Watercolour, 388 x 558 mm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Witches in the Air
An image of "Witches in the Air", created by Francisco De Goya Y Lucientes from 1797-98 (Oil on canvas, 43,5 x 31,5 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Saul and the Witch of Endor
An image of "Saul and the Witch of Endor", created by Matthias Stom, c. 1635 (Oil on canvas, 170 x 250 cm).
Curated OER
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
FactMonster presents a collection of information on the Chronicles of Narnia, including information on Narnia, C.S. Lewis, a Narnian time line, and quizzes on each title in the series.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945 1954
In this Curriculum Unit, learners will consider "Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace?" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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History Matters: Leon Sverdlove on the Taft Hartley Act
It's interesting to read about the anti-union sentiment that led to the Taft-Hartley Act after World War II, but even more amazing to see how that sentiment was tied to the anti-communist witch hunts of the time. Read the comments of the...
Folger Shakespeare Library
It's Elementary! Stomping and Romping With Shakespeare
In this elementary school-age lesson plan, children will learn about rhythm and meter through the lines of William Shakespeare. Students will recite and "act out" the song lines from "A Winter's Song" found in Love's Labour's Lost and "A...
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online: Introduction to the Characters in Macbeth
The main characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth are introduced, described and analyzed with links to additional character information. Character descriptions include: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, Banquo, Macduff, and the...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "A Wrinkle in Time" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great study guide for students reading Madeleine L'Engle's book, "A Wrinkle in Time." Check out an author biography, introductory material and questions, reading activities, and personal response questions. Also included are discussion...
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Study Guide for a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle
This study guide provide activities for all chapters in Madeleine L'Engle's fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time. Connected text questions are provlded for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the...