To complete this project, follow the directions contained in
this PowerPoint
1. Follow the prompts in this PowerPoint to help you
conduct your research. Record your sources!!
2. Create a 5-slide PowerPoint about your group’s
assigned topic with which you will use to teach the
class
 BE CREATIVE: use lots of IMAGES and few words – NO
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complete sentences
All words must be at least 30 point font
The slides must be visually appealing
You can use noise/music as long as it is appropriate
You may use note cards
Project your voices!!! Practice & know how to pronounce
everything
3. Create a works cited page of your resources using MLA
format as the 6th slide of your PowerPoint (click here
for help with how to cite a website)
4. Create 3 multiple-choice test questions about your
topic – do not make the wrong answers obvious – type
these in Word and print them out. Make sure the
answers for all three questions are smoothly integrated
into your presentation.
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Print out your slides in the handout format – 6 slides
to a page in black and white
EVERYONE must participate equally during
the presentation and share equally in the
preparation work in the lab
THIS IS A TEST GRADE
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Salem Witch Trials
Important People
Arthur Miller
Cold War
McCarthyism & The Crucible
Static and dynamic characters
Irony, tragedy, and tragic hero – see slide 13
External & internal conflict and theme – see slide 14
Metaphor, simile, and personification – see slide 15
 Answer these questions in your presentation using the
cites listed in the green box
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Approximately when did the Salem witch trials take place?
What are some possible causes for the hysteria in Salem?
What event concerning the Parris children ignited the hysteria?
What types of punishment were used for those accused of
witchcraft?
What happened to those who did not confess to witchcraft?
How many lives did the Salem trials ultimately claim?
NRHS Virtual Library - scroll down and click on Worldbook
The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary
Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692
 Using these websites, briefly state the identity of each
person in the chart below
 Biographies
 More biographies
 John Proctor & Abigail Williams
Cotton Mather
Tituba
Sarah Good
John Proctor
Abigail Williams
Rebecca Nurse
Samuel Parris
Ann Putnam
John Hathorne
 Give a BRIEF biography of Arthur Miller’s life using
these internet sources
 Go to the media center website, click on virtual library,
then click on “EBSCOhost.” Choose the “student
research center” then select “biographies”
 Go to the media center website, click on virtual library,
then click on “Worldbook Online”
 First, investigate McCarthyism using this worksheet
 Second, read about how McCarthyism is in The
Crucible by typing in “The Crucible” into the
Worldbook Online which is linked to the media center
website in the virtual library.
Presentation:
1. Explain McCarthyism to the class with the answers you
found to the worksheet
2. Explain to the class how Arthur Miller wrote The
Crucible as a veiled (hidden) criticism of
McCarthyism.
 Explain the Cold War to the class using KEY
information from the Worldbook Online which is
linked to the media center website in the virtual
library.
 You only need to read the information on the
Worldbook up to the first sub section called “the
coming of the Cold War”
 I recommend printing out the article then highlighting
the information you think you will use during the
presentation
 How could you present this topic in a creative way with
your PowerPoint??
 Define the difference between static and dynamic
characters using the sites below
 http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html
 http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm
s.htm
 Use at least two pieces of literature that we have read
to give an example of a static and dynamic character.
Be sure to fully explain why the character is static or
dynamic.
 Define each term using the sites below
 http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html
 http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm
s.htm
 Give an example of each term using literature we have
studied this year. You must use at least 2 different
pieces of literature. Fully explain your application of
the given term to the piece of literature.
 Define each term using the sites below
 http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html
 http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm
s.htm
 Give an example of each term using literature we have
studied this year. You must use at least 2 different
pieces of literature. Fully explain your application of
the given term to the piece of literature.
 Define each term using the sites below
 http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html
 http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/litterm
s.htm
 Give an example of each term using literature we have
studied this year. You must use at least 2 different
pieces of literature. Fully explain your application of
the given term to the piece of literature.
 Title your page “Works Cited” then alphabetize citations
following the citation format below
 Website Citation:
Author. “Title of Page.” Title of the Larger Site. Date of
Publication. Name of Associated Institution.
Date you viewed the cited. <brief web address >.
 Example Website citation:
Trevenen, Thomas. “Dynamic Character.” Literary Terms.
2001-2002. Masconomet.org. 2 March 2010.
www.masconomet.org/teachers.