Day Seven Agenda- 9/24 & 9/25
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Bellwork- Grammar
Collect Act II flipbooks and Act III vocab
ACT II Quiz
Watch ACT II on DVD
McCarthy article- group work
HOMEWORK- Act III flipbook and Act IV vocab due
Wednesday 10/2 (even) and Thursday 10/3 (odd)
Act III Standards Focus: Connecting
literature to history
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where
the text leaves matters uncertain.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or
central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the
course of the text, including how they interact and build on one
another to produce a complex account; provide an objective
summary of the text.
Act III Standards Focus Flap
The Crucible was written in 1953, a time in American history that has been labeled the
“witch-hunt” of McCarthyism. Many literary analysts claim that Arthur Miller wrote the
play as a deliberate comparison between the mass hysteria of 1692 and the frenzy against
Communism in mid-20th century USA. Answer the following question on the last flap of
you flipbook. You will have to research some of the questions to find an answer.
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Who was Senator Joseph McCarthy and why is his name linked to the term
“witch-hunt”?
How did the Communist witch-hunt affect Hollywood celebrities in the 1950s?
What was the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
How was the FBI related to the Communist witch-hunt?
What similarities and differences exist between events in Salem in 1692 and
events in Washington DC during the 1950s? (please write a 5-7 sentence
paragraph response for this question)
Reading McCarthy Article
Please chunk [bracket] the sections of your article as follows:
Section 1: Paragraphs 1-3
Section 2: Paragraph 4
Section 3: Paragraph 5
Section 4: Paragraphs 6-7
Section 5: Paragraph 8
Section 6: Paragraphs 9-10
Section 7: Paragraph 11
Section 8: Paragraphs 12-13
Reading McCarthy Article
As a group you will read an article about McCarthyism, the political witch hunt for
Communists that occurred in the 1950’s. As you read, consider the connection to The
Crucible. Jot your notes down on a separate sheet of paper and discuss each section
before writing them down on your worksheet.
• Student A: Read the section out loud while everyone in your group follows
along.
• Student B: Identify key vocab in the section and share them out; as a
group attempt to define the words using only context clues.
• Student C: Summarize/Paraphrase the section that was read and share it
with the group; as a group decide on a common summary for that section.
• Student D: Ask a question about the paragraph that was read; as a group
engage in a discussion about the question and decide on a common
answer to the question.