The Crucible
A slide show with links and interactive
games
from early witchcraft in Europe to recent
outbreaks of witch hunts
The Crucible
Witchcraft
Religion
Migration
Social Life of the Puritans
New England in the 17th
century
The Salem Witch Hunt
Literature related to
Witches
Contemporary Links
Witchcraft
Rye Ergot and Witches
Read about the connection between rye and witch behavior
The European Witch-Hunts, c. 1450-1750
and Witch-Hunts Today
Explores the view on women as enemies of men and the
continuing practice of hunting witches
Witchcraft Documents
The Papal Bull of 1484
Johannes Nider, the Ant Hill
The Hammer of Witches, 1486
Religion
Puritanism in England
Puritanism in New England
Puritans and Predestination
Religion and the Founding of America as a Religious Refuge
Puritanism in America
William Bates (1625-1699)
The Queen’s Puritan
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Biography and Sermons
Migration
The Great Migration
Lecture by Terry Matthews, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Wake Forest
University, Winston –Salem, North Carolina. Explores the reasons why
the English Puritans decide to leave their home country.
Timeline of Early Colonial America
A timeline of events leading up to and through the founding of
Jamestown.
Social Life of the Puritans
Class Distinction among the Puritans
Relationships between freemen and servants
A Colonial Family and Community
Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the
Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to
uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove
your skills as a history detective by discovering "What's wrong with this
picture?"
The Duties of Children to their Parents
By Cotton Mather
New England in the 17th Century
(1)
Clothing
Dress in Early New England
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Population of Plymouth Town,
Colony & County, 1620-1690
New England Style Recipes
Pilgrim fare
New England in the 17th Century
(2)
Brief History of the Pilgrims
The present state of Massachusetts, known legally as a commonwealth, was
explored in the late 16th and early 17th centuries but was not permanently settled
until the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth in 1620.
Children in Colonial New England
Examples of games that the Puritans allowed their children to engage in.
Daily Colonial Life
Provides details about housing, living arrangements, farming, clothing, food, and
the power distribution in a Puritan community.
The Salem Witch Hunt (1)
The Salem Witch Museum
The 1692 witch trials, bibliographies of primary and current sources, and
educational materials, FAQ.
National Geographic Witch Hunt
You lead a peaceful and good life in Salem, but one day you are accused of
witchcraft. Will you survive the trials?
Discovery School Salem Witch Site
Attempts to show what events lead up to Salem as well as the trials
themselves concisely but fairly. Discusses Puritan religion and beliefs
about witchcraft, factions, expectations of children in Puritan society, 6
minute multimedia movie with good images of town, biographies of
Cotton Mather, Ann Putnam, Tituba, John Proctor, Mary Easty, and Sarah
Good.
The Salem Witch Hunt (2)
Salem Witch Trials
Displays large amounts of thought, time and research. It uses historical books
as well as primary sources and actual documents to give a clear representation
of the trials. There are many great images as well a section on The Crucible.
Another plus, is the bios section. While not all those involved have a
biography the key players do which can give one a better sense of the goings
on of the trials.
Notable People
Important people named in the court records of witch trials
The Salem Witch Hunt (3)
Maps of Salem
Maps of Salem and witchcraft accusations
FAQs about the Salem Witch Trials
10 questions and their answers regarding
witchcraft.
Literature related to Witchcraft
Early American and Colonial Literature
Captain John Smith, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, William Bradford, Anne
Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, Edward Winslow, John Winthrop, Mary
Rowlandson, John Dickinson
Selected Literary Works involving Witchcraft
Texts by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Mary E. Wilkins.
Contemporary Links (1)
Arthur Miller and Joseph McCarthy
Numerous links to Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible and the 1950s
McCarthyism in the United States.
The Crucible & McCarthyism
The Legacy of McCarthyism
This site explores the links between the Salem Witchcraft trials and Sen.
Joseph McCarthy's trials of the 1950's.
The Crucible at the Portsmouth Arts Center
The theater group HumDrum AmDram presents an analysis of the
charactersin Miller's play.
Contemporary Links (2)
A Cry in the Night
The story of Australian Lindy Chamberlain and the killing of her baby
Azaria.
Witch Hunt
Article in The Australian discussing the viewpoint of Australian women on
the Lindy Chamberlain case.
Lindy
Performed October 25th, 2002 at the Sydney Opera House.
The Crucible
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