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and the Salem Witch Trials
The Puritans
Learning Target
I can
un
dersta
nd
th
e h
istorica
l co
nte
xt of a
work
. (1
8th ce
ntu
ry for
Th
e C
rucib
le)
I have
kn
ow
led
ge
of th
e tim
e p
erio
d
in w
hich
the w
ork
w
as w
ritten
or
takes p
lace
.
I can
un
dersta
nd
h
ow
the life
style o
f th
e tim
e
infl
uen
ces th
e
work
or th
e
chara
cters th
at
exist w
ithin
it.
What is a Puritan?
On
you
r pap
er, d
o
on
e o
f the
follo
win
g:
Sketch
a sim
ple
p
icture
of w
hat
you
visualize
w
hen
you
thin
k
of th
e P
urita
ns.
Cre
ate
a list o
f at
least th
ree k
ey
Pu
ritan
traits.
What is a Puritan
Do th
ese
pictu
res
match
the m
en
tal
imag
es th
at yo
u h
ad
earlie
r? Wh
y or w
hy
not?
Who are the Puritans?
It is a b
road
term
, re
ferrin
g to
a n
um
ber
of P
rote
stan
t gro
up
s th
at, b
eg
inn
ing
ab
ou
t 1
50
0, so
ug
ht to
“p
urify” th
e C
hu
rch o
f E
ng
lan
d.
Wh
at d
oes th
e te
rm
“pu
rify” mean
?
Wh
y mig
ht a
gro
up
of
peop
le w
an
t to “p
urify”
their ch
urch
?
Who are the Puritans?
In E
ng
lan
d d
urin
g th
e
15
00
s an
d 1
60
0s, a
g
rou
p o
f Pro
testa
nts
calle
d P
urita
ns le
d a
m
ove
men
t to “p
urify”
the C
hu
rch o
f En
gla
nd
.
Th
ey w
ished
to re
turn
to
the sim
ple
r form
s of
worsh
ip a
nd
chu
rch
org
an
izatio
n
describ
ed
in th
e N
ew
Testa
men
t. Th
ey d
id
not b
elie
ve th
at th
e
clerg
y or th
e
gove
rnm
en
t shou
ld o
r co
uld
act a
s an
in
term
ed
iary b
etw
een
th
e in
divid
ual a
nd
G
od
.
Who are the Puritans?
Th
e fi
rst an
d m
ost
fam
ou
s gro
up
of
En
glish
Pu
ritan
s la
nd
ed
in 1
62
0, o
n th
e
tip o
f Cap
e C
od
, just
befo
re C
hristm
as
afte
r a lo
ng
an
d
diff
icult jo
urn
ey.
Th
ere
they h
op
ed
to
bu
ild a
new
socie
ty p
atte
rned
afte
r God
’s w
ord
.
Th
ey w
ere
follo
wed
te
n ye
ars la
ter b
y se
ven
hu
nd
red
more
P
urita
n se
ttlers. B
y 1
64
0, a
s man
y as
twen
ty thou
san
d
En
glish
Pu
ritan
s sa
iled
to w
hat th
ey
call N
ew
En
gla
nd
.
The First Thanksgiving
Values of the Puritans
For th
e P
urita
ns th
e
eve
ryday w
orld
an
d th
e
spiritu
al w
orld
were
clo
sely re
late
d.
Pu
ritan
s also
belie
ved
the
bib
le is th
e su
pre
me
au
thority o
n e
arth
.
Th
ey d
id n
ot b
elie
ve in
se
para
tion
of ch
urch
an
d sta
te.
Pu
ritan
s did
valu
e h
ard
w
ork
—th
eir a
ttem
pt to
b
eg
in a
life in
the n
ew
w
orld
dicta
ted
this, b
ut
man
y Pu
ritan
s also
pla
ced
g
reat e
mp
hasis o
n
ob
tain
ing
mate
rial w
ealth
.
Values of the Puritans
Pu
ritan
s belie
ved
that
those
wh
o o
bta
ined
w
ealth
did
so b
eca
use
it w
as a
rew
ard
for a
virtu
ou
s life.
Th
ey a
lso va
lued
fa
mily life
, com
mu
nity
service
, art a
nd
lite
ratu
re. A
s a re
sult
of th
is, they w
ere
the
first g
rou
p in
the n
ew
co
lon
ies to
esta
blish
a
prin
ting
pre
ss, free
pu
blic g
ram
mar
schools, a
nd
Harva
rd
Colle
ge.
Religious Beliefs of the Puritans
Wh
en
it com
es to
re
ligio
n, P
urita
ns w
ere
ofte
n a
rrog
an
t in th
eir
faith
an
d in
tole
ran
t of
relig
iou
s view
poin
ts that
diff
ere
d fro
m th
eir o
wn
.
Beca
use
of th
eir
relig
iou
s into
lera
nce
, th
ey a
re o
ften
seen
as
hyp
ocritica
l.
Wh
y do yo
u th
ink th
is la
st state
men
t cou
ld b
e
true?
Predestination
Th
e la
rgest te
nan
t of th
eir
faith
was th
e co
nce
pt o
f predestin
atio
n.
Wh
at e
xactly IS
p
red
estin
atio
n?
It is the d
octrin
e th
at a
ll eve
nts h
ave
been
wille
d b
y G
od
: bib
lical p
red
estin
atio
n
mean
s that G
od
wille
d
ete
rnal d
am
natio
n fo
r som
e
peop
le a
nd
salva
tion
for
oth
ers.
Th
is “fin
al d
estin
atio
n
decisio
n” w
as d
ecid
ed
prio
r to
birth
. By th
is theolo
gy,
God
decid
es w
heth
er yo
u a
re
goin
g to
heave
n o
r hell
befo
re yo
u a
re b
orn
. You
an
d yo
ur a
ction
s have
no sa
y in
the m
atte
r.
What problems arise from the theology of Predestination?
Inte
restin
gly e
nou
gh
, God
d
oes n
ot te
ll hu
man
s wh
ich
peop
le a
re p
red
estin
ed
to g
o
to h
eave
n a
nd
wh
ich p
eop
le
are
pre
destin
ed
to sp
en
d a
n
ete
rnity in
hell.
Th
is mean
s hu
man
s were
le
ft to d
ete
rmin
e w
ho th
ey
thou
gh
t was g
oin
g to
heave
n
an
d w
ho w
as g
oin
g to
hell.
How
do yo
u th
ink P
urita
ns
dete
rmin
ed
wh
o w
as g
oin
g
to h
eave
n a
nd
wh
o w
as
goin
g to
hell? W
hat
pro
ble
ms co
uld
this ca
use
w
ithin
a co
mm
un
ity?
Discussion: Are Witches Real?
• Do you believe that witches are real? Why or why not?
• For those that believe in witches, why would thinking that they were hiding in your community create a sense of fear?
• If you did believe in witches, what evidence would you need to have in order to accuse someone of being a witch?
Background on Salem Witch Trials
Sale
m w
as a
Pu
ritan
colo
ny.
Th
e re
siden
ts fully b
elie
ved
th
at w
itches a
nd
witch
craft
were
real a
nd
were
in th
eir
com
mu
nity.
Witc
hcra
ft was d
efi
ned
as
“en
terin
g in
to a
com
pact
with
the d
evil in
exch
an
ge fo
r ce
rtain
pow
ers to
do e
vil.”
Witch
craft w
as co
nsid
ere
d
both
a sin
an
d a
crim
e.
Th
is was b
eca
use
it su
pp
ose
dly u
sed
the d
evil’s
pow
er to
perfo
rm cru
el a
cts ag
ain
st each
oth
er.
Th
e in
ten
se fe
ar o
f witch
es
cau
sed
the h
ysteria
to sp
read
q
uick
ly thro
ug
h th
e sm
all
villag
e.
The Salem Witch Trials
Th
e w
itch h
un
t beg
an
in
early 1
69
2.
Rev. P
arris’ d
au
gh
ter,
Betty, a
nd
Ab
igail
Willia
ms sta
rted
havin
g fi
ts of co
nvu
lsion
, scream
ing
an
d h
allu
cinatio
ns.
Th
e d
octo
r that e
xam
ined
th
em
said
that th
e o
nly
exp
lan
atio
n w
as w
itch
cra
ft.
Cotto
n M
ath
er h
ad
d
eta
iled
witch
craft a
nd
the
symp
tom
s of b
ein
g a
fflicte
d
by it in
a b
ook.
Th
e g
irls’ symp
tom
s were
m
uch
like th
ose
describ
ed
in
Math
er’s b
ook so
the
Pu
ritan
s in S
ale
m e
asily
belie
ved
that it w
as tru
e.
The Salem Witch Trials
Th
e g
irls accu
sed
Titu
ba
(a P
arris fa
mily
slave
), Sara
h G
ood
an
d S
ara
h O
sborn
e o
f b
ein
g w
itches.
Joh
n H
aw
thorn
e a
nd
Jon
ath
an
Corw
in w
ere
re
spon
sible
for e
xam
inin
g th
e th
ree a
ccuse
d
wom
en
an
d d
ete
rmin
ing
wh
eth
er th
ey w
ere
w
itches o
r not.
The Salem Witch Trials
Marc
h 1
, 16
92
q
uestio
nin
g b
eg
an
Afte
r rigoro
us
qu
estio
nin
g T
itub
a
con
fesse
d to
bein
g a
w
itch sta
ting
that h
er,
Good
an
d O
sborn
e
mad
e a
pact w
ith th
e
devil. T
itub
a
con
fesse
d b
eca
use
she
thou
gh
t she w
ou
ld
avo
id d
eath
.
Th
is fuele
d th
e
villag
e’s sp
ecu
latio
ns
an
d th
ey w
en
t on
a
witc
h h
un
t that la
sted
fo
r years.
The Salem Witch Trials
In th
e fo
llow
ing
mon
ths m
an
y m
ore
were
accu
sed
: Marth
a
Core
y, Brid
get W
illiam
s, R
eb
ecca
Nu
rse, S
ara
h C
loyce
an
d M
ary E
astick
. Man
y of
these
wom
en
were
am
on
g
the m
ost re
specte
d in
the
com
mu
nity.
A n
ew
cou
rt was se
t up
to
han
dle
just w
itch ca
ses:
Th
is cou
rt was ca
lled
the
Cou
rt of O
yer a
nd
Term
iner
Tria
ls got o
ut o
f con
trol a
nd
m
an
y susp
ecte
d w
itch
es
were
con
victe
d a
nd
han
ged
q
uick
ly.
Brid
get B
ishop
, Reb
ecca
N
urse
an
d Jo
hn
Pro
ctor a
ll d
ied
as co
nvicte
d w
itches.
The Salem Witch Trials
Th
ey w
ere
all co
nvicte
d
base
d o
n h
earsa
y an
d
gossip
.T
he o
nly w
ay to
avo
id
exe
cutio
n w
as to
adm
it to
bein
g a
witc
h.
Wh
y do yo
u th
ink th
is is iro
nic
?
Du
ring
1692 n
inete
en
p
eop
le re
fuse
d to
con
fess to
b
ein
g a
witch
an
d d
ied
as a
re
sult.
Th
e w
itch tria
ls gettin
g o
ut o
f co
ntro
l show
ed
the d
eep
b
elie
f in th
e su
pern
atu
ral
that ra
n in
colo
nia
l Am
erica
.
Hysteria and Its Effect Hysteria is defined as an uncontrollable burst of
emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, crying or laughing.
In what situations, may we encounter a hysterical person today?
Do you feel hysteria spreads? Why or why not?
What historical situations are you aware of in which hysteria played a role?
How could technology help increase of reduce hysteria?
