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ABCya

Ab Cya: Cute Puzzle Witch

For Students 1st - 5th
Wands ready kids? Magical mayhem & enchanting action guaranteed! Can you handle the challenge? Click on groups of 3 or more of the same color to magically collapse the blocks. Careful, do not let them reach the top! Happy clicking!
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Kenyon College

Kenyon College: Marginality and Community in Medieval Europe: Witchcraft

For Students 9th - 10th
This describes and defines witches and witchcraft in the medieval period from a project designed by students at Kenyon College. Part of a larger examination of the marginality of groups in medieval Europe.
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TES Global

Tes: Macbeth: Introduction to Witchcraft Context Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show lesson focuses context of witchcraft in Shakespeare's Macbeth including learning about witchcraft in the 17th century, identifying a witch, the timeline of The Witch Acts, and watching...
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Website
National Geographic

National Geographic: Witchcraft Hysteria: Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience the 1692 Salem witch-hunt in a terrifying online trial. Follow a narrative compiled from several Salem witchcraft trial accounts.
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Religious Dissent [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
This lesson supplements one on the "Settlement of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies of New England." It looks at religious dissent and intolerance among the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Students look at Roger...
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise yet detailed historical note about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, its participants, and background. Discusses the legal proceedings and explains changes which have occurred in the American justice system since then, with...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: James Stuart and Witchcraft

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on King James I and his belief in witchcraft. It includes information and activities about witches, conducting research about James's superstitions and his book Deamonologie, and...
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of one of L. Frank Baum's sequels to The Wizard of Oz. This novel is about Glinda, the Good Witch of the West. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
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Website
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary as well as an analysis of themes and characters. Helpful quizzes are also provided.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Castles, Plague, Witch Trials, the Church, Royalty

For Students 9th - 10th
List of excellent links to a great deal of information about witches, witch craft, the witch hunt and all of the hysteria that surrounded the time period.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Castles, Plague, Witch Trials, the Church, Royalty

For Students 9th - 10th
List of excellent links to a great deal of information about witches, witch craft, the witch hunt and all of the hysteria that surrounded the time period.
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Graphic
Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Salem Witch Trials

For Students Pre-K - 1st
salem witch trials
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Curated OER

Witch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
witch
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Other

17th Century Colonial New England: "The Tryal of g.b" by Cotton Mather

For Students 9th - 10th
Modern English transcript of Cotton Mather's original account of the trial of "G.B." recorded during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
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University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Witchcraft in Salem Village

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed introductory note about the Salem Witch Trials. Lists historical sites and bibliographies related to Salem witchcraft, including books for younger readers.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: New England Colonies: Witchcraft in Salem

For Students 5th - 8th
The hysteria in Salem which resulted in trials of innocent people accused of witchcraft has invited many theories on why the accusing girls made such claims. Read about the evidence admitted in the trials and the results of the trials....
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

For Students 9th - 10th
In +J1105:J1113this allegorical drama, inspired by the witch hunt trials of 1692-93 and the 1950s Red Scare, the town of Salem is plagued by hysteria and accusations of witchcraft. Selected (9) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Report the Trials: Salem Hysteria

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will act as a radio/TV reporter informing the public of the hysteria of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Within partners/groups, students will create a podcast/vodcast connecting Puritan life and culture with the events in Salem.
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Internet Shakespeare Editions: "Macbeth"

For Students 9th - 10th
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including witches and the supernatural, Lady Macbeth and power, and Shakespeare's sources.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Fungus of the Month

For Students 9th - 10th
What does fungus have to do with the Salem Witch Trials? Volk does a great job of explaining in easy-to-understand language a little known fungus, Claviceps Purpurea, cause of ergotism.
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Other

Wardrobe: Educator's Guide: Vocab., Comp., Etc.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Word document offers pages of activity ideas for fostering vocabulary development, comprehension, critical thinking and creative expression based on "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
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Article
TES Global

Tes: Historical Context of Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides the historical context of MacBeth including King James I taking the throne, the Globe Theater, the Gunpowder plot, and the witch hunts.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.

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