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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Salem Witchcraft Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on the Salem Witchcraft Trials describes the people and events that led to the hanging of 19 people in 1692.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America: Witchcraft in Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what happened in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 when a group of young girls began to have visions and were accused and tried for witchcraft.
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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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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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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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Website
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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Primary
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Letters of Gov. William Phips

For Students 9th - 10th
This transcript of two letters written by Governor William Phips to the Earl of Nottingham, London, explains the presence of witchcraft in Salem and its environs and the Governor's response to the situation.
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Activity
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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Website
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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eBook
Other

Hillcrest High School: The Colonies Come of Age: The Commercial North [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a history text that looks at the Northern colonial economy, colonial town life, the immigrant groups who settled there, slavery in the North, the role of women, the Salem witchcraft trials, and the influence of the...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It features links to the article "The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 and 'Young Goodman Brown'" and the PDF text for the short story. It also defines...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: British Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: Short Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism; it focuses on three short stories from the period: "A Shocking Accident" by Graham Greene, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence, and "No Witchcraft for Sale" by Doris...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Supernatural Elements in Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this self-paced lesson, students explore how Shakespeare uses supernatural elements in Macbeth. It begins with an exploration of beliefs about the supernatural and witchcraft in Shakespeare's time as presented in a segment from...
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Activity
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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Unit Plan
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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Website
British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Macbeth: Discovering Literature Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to various resources such as collection items, articles, and teaching activities for Macbeth. It includes a 16th-century pamphlet on witchcraft, alongside character analyses of the weird sisters and Lady Macbeth....
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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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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nyamwezi and Sukuma

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nyamwezi and Sukuma are two closely related ethnic groups that live mostly in the region to the south of Lake Victoria in west-central Tanzania. Beliefs in a High God are widely held but involve no special cult. Belief in witchcraft...
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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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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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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Witchcraft (Allegory of Hercules)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Witchcraft (Allegory of Hercules)", created by Dosso Dossi from 1540-42 (Oil on canvas, 143 x 144 cm).
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Interactive
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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Primary
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Petitions for Compensation

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of these petitions, filed by Isaac Easty and William Good in 1710, request compensation for the prosecution of family members for witchcraft. Also included is Governor Dudley's order for payment of damages.

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