Alternate Assignments for The Crucible
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Are you missing assignments from The Crucible unit? Are you missing participation points for
reading? Are you concerned about doing well on your Crucible Unit test? Here are multiple
solutions to your grade issues.
Grade Swap: You can choose and complete projects from the choices below to replace zeros for
any assignments for The Crucible Unit. You can receive up to 200 points back on missing
assignments. Please note that assignments have different point values.
Extra Credit: You may complete one project to receive up to ten extra credit points on your
Crucible Unit Exam.
Directions: Record which assignments you are going to complete, and specify where you would
like your points to be added on this sheet and turn this paper in with your projects.
Project # ____ Point Value______ Points toward this assignment_______________________
Project # ____ Point Value______ Points toward this assignment_______________________
Project # ____ Point Value______ Points toward this assignment_______________________
Project # ____ Point Value______ Points toward this assignment_______________________
Project # ______ Extra Credit
1. Create an informative poster or brochure about Communism, including facts and statistics
about the famous leaders, politics, and philosophies. (20 points)
2. Create an informative poster or brochure about Puritans, including facts and statistics about
the famous leaders, politics, and philosophies. (20 points)
3. Create a newspaper of the day inside/outside the courtroom in Act Three. Include as many
details of the event as possible in the main article. Also include other newsworthy events,
advertisements, horoscopes, photos, gossip and advice columns and/or letters to the editor to
enhance the project. (20 points)
4. Create a poster or brochure on the life and work of Arthur Miller. Include information about
major events in his life, his major works, and how his life is related to his novels. (20 points)
5. Create a cause and effect diagram, explaining how each event of the book caused other events
to occur. What might have happened had one of the events not occurred? Choose an event to
change, and rewrite the events that occurred because of that change. (50 points)
*Project ideas are from Secondary Solutions
6. Create a board game which includes the following: (100 points)
a. Game Cards (at least 20) which contain quotations from The Crucible
b. Game Pieces (at least 4 different ones) representing the characters in The Crucible
c. Game Board, complete with your art work, which relates to The Crucible
d. Typed directions on how to play the game, the object of the game, and how to win.
7. Create a children's book of the play, complete with color illustrations. Tell the story in simple
words, and be sure to make the writing large, like you would see in a children’s book. The story
can be written in modern or Old English. (100 points)
8. Create Elizabeth’s or Abigail’s scrapbook of important events throughout the play. Be sure to
include pictures and an explanation or journal-like thoughts about each event. Try writing in Old
English. (50 points)
9. Perform a scene from The Crucible in front of the class. Be sure to dress as the character and
use appropriate props. Lines must be memorized! (100 points)
10. Make an illustrated timeline of the events from The Crucible. Include every important event
in the order in which they occurred, along with a colorful drawing depicting the event. Your
timeline should include at least 10 events from the play. (100 points)
11. Create a Power-Point presentation on the life and beliefs of the Puritans in America. Include
at least 15 slides with animation, sounds, and photos. (20 points)
12. Create a web page on the Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials. Include relevant links from
your own pages to web sites that give more information, photos, articles, etc. (50 points)
13. Create a web page on Communism, the Red Scare, and the McCarthy Trials. Include facts,
statistics, links to relevant articles, photos, and other information. (50 points)
14. Create a Power-Point presentation on Communism, the Red Scare, and the McCarthy Trials.
Include at least 15 slides with animation, sounds, and photos. (20 points)
15. Create a giant postcard from one of the characters in The Crucible. It can be a postcard
written from John to Elizabeth from jail, from Abigail to John from wherever she ran off to, from
Elizabeth to John, or from any other character you choose. Be sure to make it look like a real
postcard, with a canceled stamp, mailing address, return address, a note from the sender, a photo,
and any other relevant information. (50 points)
*Project ideas are from Secondary Solutions