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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Understanding the Salem Witch Trials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Understanding the Salem Witch Trials." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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TES Global

Tes: Macbeth: Witches Gallery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of the witches from the Royal Shakespeare Company's various production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. They can be useful in comparing interpretations and for sparking discussion.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Before America Had Witch Trials, Europe Had Werewolf Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
A few of the accused may have been actual pedophiles or serial killers, but many were beggars, hermits or recent emigres who were tortured into confessions. 200 years before the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, courts in Europe were...
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Website
Other

Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Witch Trials Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a timeline of events in the Salem witch trials. Contains quotations from trial participants and a photograph of the tombstone of Sarah Good, convicted and executed as a witch.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Joseph Conrad the Inn of the Two Witches

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read Joseph Conrad's "The Inn of the Two Witches." Text is 14 pages long.
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Handout
Other

Case Study: The European Witch Hunts, C. 1450 1750

For Students 9th - 10th
This website expounds on the European witch-hunts between 1450 and 1750. The site also contains information about current day witch-hunts. The site mentions gendercide, publications, male witches, the numbers who were murdered and modern...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Governor William Phips

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch and portrait of Sir William Phips (1651-1695), governor of Massachusetts. Explains Phips role in setting up the Court of Oyer and Terminer in May of 1692 to hear witch trial evidence, and his actions in October 1692...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials Chronology of Events

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed chronology of the events related to the Salem Witch Trials, beginning with the settling of Salem (1629) and the adoption of the English law (1641) making witchcraft a capital crime. It covers all the major...
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Activity
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which details the Salem Witch Trials.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Salem Witch Scare

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at slavery in the New England colonies and the influence that might have had on the Salem witch scare.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Witch of the Juniper Walk

For Students 6th - 8th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Witch of the Juniper Walk by Frank May, a fiction book for children.
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Unit Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn what life was like in Salem during the late 1700s and history behind the Salem Witch Trials.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 5: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders learn that even in the most fantastical settings, literature can teach us real lessons about life. Students explore the opposition of good and evil; the value in courage, adventure, forgiveness, and honesty; and the...
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Article
PBS

History.com: Haunted History: Salem Witch Trials, S1 E7

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1692, 20 innocents were put to death for the practice of witchcraft in Salem, MA. But was there more to the Salem Witch Trials than greed and hysteria? Watch this video [42:00] to learn more about it.
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Lesson Plan
Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 6: The Witch of Blackbird Pond: Unit Files

For Teachers 6th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
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Website
Other

The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses controversies around the authors of the Malleus Maleficarum, the manual used during the European witch hunts to identify and convict witches. Other sections of the site provide the complete Malleus Maleficarum, in sections as...
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eBook
Other

The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete Malleus Maleficarum, the manual used during the European witch hunts to identify and convict witches, along with introductions to the various editions and other supporting documents.
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Article
Other

The Historical Significance of Matthew Hopkins: England's "Witchfinder General"

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating examination of the history of witchfinders, and how Matthew Hopkins came to have a central role during the period of witch persecution in early modern England.
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Witchcraft Documents (15Th Century)

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University offers three documents about witchcraft in the 15th Century. Included is a Papal bull where the Pope provides a blessing and encouragement to witch hunting.
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Website
University of Oxford (UK)

University of Oxford: Lorraine Witchcraft Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources used in the book The Witches of Lorraine by Robin Briggs are provided here. These include 400 witchcraft trials that took place in the Duchy of Lorraine. The 'Search trials' section lists all the trial materials. These have...
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Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: A Brief History of Witchcraft Persecutions Before Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a history in the form of a timeline of the persecution of witches prior to the Salem witch trials.
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Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Witches Daughter [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This e-book shares the story of a witch's daughter who wants to become beautiful.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Witchcraft, Puritans, and the Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with fifteen links to information, videos, and websites about witchcraft, Puritans, and the Salem Witch Trials.

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