Salem Witch Trials Web Sites
Witchcraft in Salem Village
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
This site provides a wealth of primary source documents, from trial transcripts to rare books, and historical maps
of Salem Village. Also features a helpful Q&A with the town archivist for Danvers (formerly Salem Village).
Salem Witch Trials
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/
A wealth of information about the Salem Witch Trials
Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm
Find a chronology of events, images, select trial transcripts and petitions, biographies, excerpts from Cotton
Mather's Memorable Providences, and more.
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria (National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem
Experience the events of 1692 through the eyes of an accused witch.
The Salem Witch Trials 1692: A Chronology of Events
http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/
A brief timeline of the events of 1692 in Salem Village.
U.S. History.org
http://www.ushistory.org/us/3g.asp
Overall history and a quiz to take.
The New Yorkers take on the Salem Witch Trials and aftermath
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/the-witches-of-salem
Social Studies National Standards Correlations
The content and activities in this project help students meet the following content standards for grades 5-8, as
described by the National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS).
United States History
- Understands the characteristics of societies in the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa that
increasingly interacted after 1450
- Understands how political, religious, and social institutions emerged in the English colonies
- Understands how the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies and how
slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas
World History
- Understands the economic, political, and cultural interrelations among peoples of Africa, Europe, and the
Americas between 1500 and 1750
- Understands major global trends from 1450 to 1770