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King's College: A Witch Hunt: Germany 1628

For Students 9th - 10th
A witch hunt simulation that is based on events from the seventeenth century Roman Empire, and set in Germany in 1628. The participant makes choices after reading the text at each step along the way. At the end of the simulation, there...
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Hanover College

Hanover College: Early Modern Europe: The Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the web page has a collection of resources on early European witch hunts as well as some of the Salem witch trials.
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Salem Witch Museum: Welcome to 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual tour from the Salem Witch Museum highlights the historical sites of the Salem Witch Trials and provides an overview and an FAQ concerning the events of 1692.
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TES Global

Tes: Macbeth by William Shakespeare: The Role of the Witches

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan focuses on the role of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth including background information about the fear of witches in Shakespeare's time, reading excerpts and answering questions to...
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the Salem Witch Trials as well as its background in seventeenth-century colonial New England. Includes descriptions of the accused and analysis of the reasons for the outbreak of witchcraft accusations, a bibliography,...
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Salem Witch Trials

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry instructional activity allows students to use four historical sources to build a...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Benjamin Franklin's Satire of Witch Hunting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson uses primary resource to explore Benjamin Franklin's satire of a witch trial and his argument that human affairs should be guided, above all, by reason.
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The Unique Concept of the Witch and the Witch Trials in Early Modern England

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay comparing the persecution of witches in early modern England to what happened during the European witch hunts.
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Professor Pavlac's Witch Hunts: 10 Common Errors and Myths About the Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion of misunderstandings around what happened during the European witch hunts.
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George Mason University

Women in World History Project: Early Modern Period: Manual, Witch Hunters

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an excerpt from the Malleus Maleficarum, the manual used during the European witch hunts to identify witches, most of whom were believed to be women.
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Book Report Notebook:the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrob

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has the main point of the story "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963 CE).
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Rational Wiki: European Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history of the European witch hunts, and the misrepresentation of them as gender persecution.
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University of Tulsa

University of Tulsa: Witches and Witchtrials in England

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides detailed information about witches and witchtrials in England. Site contains dates, locations, names, charge and sentence. Also provides sources.
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Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 5: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Unit Files

For Teachers 5th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Examination of Mary Easty (Court Transcript)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original transcript of the trial examination of Mary Easty, accused witch, April 22, 1692.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th
A great reading guide for "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare. Provides plenty of pre-reading material, including an author biography, an introductory article, activities, and vocabulary, as well as brainstorming and...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
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?
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Petitions of Two Convicted Witches

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage features the full text of the petitions for mercy made by Mary Easty and John Proctor, two convicted witches awaiting execution.
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Teacher Oz

Teacher Oz: Castles, Plague, Witch Trials, the Church, Royalty

For Students 9th - 10th
List of excellent links to a great deal of information about witches, witchcraft, the witch hunt and all of the hysteria that surrounded the time period.
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King's College: The European Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief summary of the European Witch Hunts that took place from the 1400s through to the 1800s. This summary also looks at the impact this had on women's history.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Salem (And Other) Witch Hunts" by Mike Kubic

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Salem (and Other) Witch Hunts" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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TES Global

Tes: Social and Historical Context: Witch Child

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The article will provide schema for students who are reading Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, or who are reading Celia Rees' Witch Child.
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A&E Television

History.com: Before Salem, the First American Witch Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
In Hartford, Connecticut in 1662, 30 years before the infamous Salem witch trials, a witch hunt hysteria took hold, resulting in seven trials and four executions. Find out about the accusations and trials that rattled Hartford,...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Witches of Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1692 a group of adolescent girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, became subject to strange fits after hearing tales told by a West Indian slave. When they were questioned, they accused several women of being witches who were...

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