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The Salem Witch Trials
 
http://odur.let.rug.nl/%7Eusa/H/1994/ch2_p8.htm
1.. Where did the hysteria occur (town and state)?
2. How many victims were killed according to this website?
3. What is "spectral evidence?" How did it affect the trials?
 
http://www.school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/people/index.html
4. Identify the following people and tell how they were involved in the witch trials: Cotton Mather, Ann Putnam, Tituba, Sarah Good, John Proctor, and Mary Easty.
 
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/life/index.html
5. Explain what life was like for a Puritan living in 1692?
6. Did the Puritans believe that the Devil was real? Explain.
7. Who were the two groups of people that were hostile and jealous of one another that might have played a part in the hysteria?
8. Why do you suppose the Puritan girls became bored in the winter and started to wonder about black magic and witchcraft?
9. According to this website, how many total victims died due to the hysteria?
 
http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/
10. Who were the first two girls to become "afflicted?"
11. Who were the first three people to be named as witches?
12. Who was the first person to be put to death for being a witch?
13. Give the exact date of her execution.
 
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/gilescoreypage.HTM
14. Why was Giles Cory pressed to death?
15. Why did he not want to stand trial?
 
http://www.gprep.org/%7Emikes/salem/mainindex.html
16. Give three possible reasons for the girls "fits."
 
17. Why did the trials and the hangings come to a sudden end?
18. When the hysteria had ended, what do you think should have happened to the "afflicted" girls?
 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/
Play the game and see if you would have been accused of being a witch in Salem, 1692.
 
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/scopesjeopardy[1].htm
Play "Salem Witchcraft Trials Jeopardy" when finished with all of the questions.
 
 
 
 
 
   


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