SOLs: US History USI.5 and English 11.3 and 11.6
Salem Witch Trials
Cyber Hunt
Judge Hawthorne: What evil spirit have you familiarity with?
Sarah Good: None.
Judge Hawthorne: Have you made no contract with the devil?
Sarah Good: No.
Judge Hawthorne:Why do you hurt these children?
Sarah Good: I do not hurt them. I scorn it.
Judge Hawthorne: Who do you imploy then to do it?
Sarah Good: I imploy no body.
Judge Hawthorne: What creature do you imploy then?
Sarah Good: No creature. I am falsely accused.
Sarah Good was hanged July 19, 1692
Dialogue based on the examination of Sarah Good by Judges Hawthorne and
Corwin, from The Salem Witchcraft Papers, Book II, p. 355
Salem Witch Trials Cyberhunt
1. How did Salem Politics help to create and influence the Salem Witch Trials?
2. How did Cold Winter Days help to create and influence the Salem Witch Trials?
3. How did Salem Witchcraft help to create and influence the Salem Witch Trials?
4. Where did the outbreak originate?
5. Who was the first person to fall "ill"?
6. How many people were "afflicted" by the so called witches?
7. Which location had the most "afflictions"?
8. What age group had the most "afflictions"?
9. Were more males or females afflicted by the so called witches?
10. Were most of the afflicted people married, single, widowed or other?
11. How many people were accused of witchcraft?
12. Of the accused, which town were most of them from?
13. How many of the accused were hanged?
14. Which of the accused were pressed to death?
15. Who was Samuel Parris?
16. Who were Elizabeth and John Proctor? Why were they on trial?
17. Read the trial transcripts of John Proctor. What evidence was there of his use of
"witchcraft"?
18. Who was Tituba?
19. Who was Rebecca Nurse?
20. Read the trial transcripts of Rebecca Nurse. What evidence was there of her use of
"witchcraft"?
21. Who was Sarah Good?
22. Read the trial transcripts of Sarah Good. What evidence was there of her use of
"witchcraft"?
23. Who was George Burroughs?
24. Read the trial transcripts of George Burroughs. What evidence was there of his use of
"witchcraft"?
25. What was the aftermath of the Salem Witch trials?