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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: From Here to Narnia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Two Witches With a Cat

For Students 11th - 12th
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).
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Web Gallery of Art: Witches' Initiation

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Witches' Initiation", created by David the Younger Teniers from 1647-49 (Oil on wood, 48 x 70 cm).
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Other

Luther College: Magic and the Common People of Early Modern Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the role that superstition and a belief in magic played in people's lives in early modern Europe.
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Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials Bibliography and Links

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive bibliography and links for original documents and analysis of the Salem Witch Trials.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[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.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Helen's Babies

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Arthur Miller's "The Crucible:" Fact & Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[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.
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Curated OER

Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Four Witches

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Four Witches", created by Albrecht Durer in 1497 (Engraving, 190 x 131 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Saul and the Witch of Endor

For Students 11th - 12th
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).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Manfred and the Alpine Witch

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Manfred and the Alpine Witch", created by John Martin in 1837 (Watercolour, 388 x 558 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Witches in the Air

For Students 11th - 12th
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).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Saul and the Witch of Endor

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Saul and the Witch of Endor", created by Matthias Stom, c. 1635 (Oil on canvas, 170 x 250 cm).
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Curated OER

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945 1954

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Leon Sverdlove on the Taft Hartley Act

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Folger Shakespeare Library

It's Elementary! Stomping and Romping With Shakespeare

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Handout
Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare Online: Introduction to the Characters in Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "A Wrinkle in Time" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

Study Guide for a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
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...

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