The Crucible Internet Scavenger Hunt
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Use the links above the questions to answer the questions below them.
Using the following web sites, answer these questions.
http://iws.collin.edu/kwilkison/Online1302home/20th%20Century/redscare.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm
The Crucible is an allegory for the Red Scare during the 1950s. An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal another meaning, typically a moral or political one. For example, last year you read Animal Farm and that story is an allegory for the Russian Revolution.
I. McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s:
A. What did Senator Joseph McCarthy have to do with the Red Scare of the 1950s?
B. What ultimately happened to his investigation?
C. What is the HUAC, and what did it set out to do in the 1940s and 1950s?
II. Blacklists
A. Who was most likely to be named to these lists?
B. What happened to those accused by Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC?
Using the following web sites, answer these questions.
http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/faqs.html
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm
III. Hysteria: Use the earlier two sites and these to answer part of the questions below.
A. What are some possible causes for the hysteria in Salem?
B. What prompted the hysteria during the Red Scare?
http://cruciblewebsite.weebly.com/
IV. Compare/contrast the play to actual historical events. How do they differ? How are they alike? For this response, you'll need to think of the big picture.
List four similarities of the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare of the 1950s.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Use the following sites to answer the questions below
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=pr&FSctf=246
http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/ (click on the "stones" and "chronology" links too here)
V. Images of Salem.
A. How do the graves of the actual people who were accused of being witches differ from those who were the accusers and magistrates?
B. There is husband of another author we just studied who rests in the Burying Point. Who is he, and to whom was he married?
C. According to the chronology, what time of the year did this start? What and who set these events in motion?
Using the following web sites, answer the questions below it.
http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0007186/trivia
http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/biography.html
http://www.shmoop.com/arthur-miller/trivia.html
VI. Arthur Miller
Find three interesting facts about Miller and give a general background about him. How do you think his experiences shaped The Crucible?
Using the following web site, answer this question.
http://www.17thc.us/docs/fact-fiction.shtml
VII. Crucible and artistic license
A. What are four historical inaccuracies in the play? (example: Abigail Williams was not 17, she was 11 and John Proctor was 60)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Reflection:
Overall, how historically accurate is The Crucible? Explain your reasoning.
END of Crucible Scavenger Hunt
Use the links above the questions to answer the questions below them.
Using the following web sites, answer these questions.
http://iws.collin.edu/kwilkison/Online1302home/20th%20Century/redscare.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm
The Crucible is an allegory for the Red Scare during the 1950s. An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal another meaning, typically a moral or political one. For example, last year you read Animal Farm and that story is an allegory for the Russian Revolution.
I. McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s:
A. What did Senator Joseph McCarthy have to do with the Red Scare of the 1950s?
B. What ultimately happened to his investigation?
C. What is the HUAC, and what did it set out to do in the 1940s and 1950s?
II. Blacklists
A. Who was most likely to be named to these lists?
B. What happened to those accused by Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC?
Using the following web sites, answer these questions.
http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/faqs.html
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm
III. Hysteria: Use the earlier two sites and these to answer part of the questions below.
A. What are some possible causes for the hysteria in Salem?
B. What prompted the hysteria during the Red Scare?
http://cruciblewebsite.weebly.com/
IV. Compare/contrast the play to actual historical events. How do they differ? How are they alike? For this response, you'll need to think of the big picture.
List four similarities of the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare of the 1950s.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Use the following sites to answer the questions below
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=pr&FSctf=246
http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/ (click on the "stones" and "chronology" links too here)
V. Images of Salem.
A. How do the graves of the actual people who were accused of being witches differ from those who were the accusers and magistrates?
B. There is husband of another author we just studied who rests in the Burying Point. Who is he, and to whom was he married?
C. According to the chronology, what time of the year did this start? What and who set these events in motion?
Using the following web sites, answer the questions below it.
http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0007186/trivia
http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/biography.html
http://www.shmoop.com/arthur-miller/trivia.html
VI. Arthur Miller
Find three interesting facts about Miller and give a general background about him. How do you think his experiences shaped The Crucible?
Using the following web site, answer this question.
http://www.17thc.us/docs/fact-fiction.shtml
VII. Crucible and artistic license
A. What are four historical inaccuracies in the play? (example: Abigail Williams was not 17, she was 11 and John Proctor was 60)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Reflection:
Overall, how historically accurate is The Crucible? Explain your reasoning.
END of Crucible Scavenger Hunt