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Goal: SWBAT …gather background information on The Crucible

QUICK WRITE: Choose one:

Have you ever blamed someone for something you did?

Why did you do it and did you get caught?

How did you feel?

Have you ever known about someone blaming something on someone else

Did you get involved?

If not, why not?

If you did, what did you do?

GOSSIP

Definition

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Is gossip good?

How can gossip be bad?

SCAPEGOATING

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Example:

MASS HYSTERIA

mass hysteria:

How do these words apply to the clip?

GOSSIP

SCAPEGOATING

MASS HYSTERIA

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

PURITANISM (1600’s)

Christian faith that originated in during the

Puritans believed in

They from the Church of England in 1633

Many emigrated to the colonies

Their beliefs flourished in the new world

WITCHCRAFT IN SALEM

Like all Puritans, the residents of believed in witches and in witchcraft.

They believed that witchcraft was “entering into a compact with the in exchange for certain to do evil.”

They considered witchcraft both a and a ; it was a very serious accusation, which was carefully and thoroughly investigated.

During the next eight months of terror, more than people were imprisoned for witchcraft.

By the time court was dismissed, 27 people had been convicted, , and .

The hysteria that snowballed in Salem reveals .

ALLEGORY

An extended metaphor in which a person, abstract idea, or event stands for . It usually involves moral or spiritual concepts which are than the actual narrative.

The term is from the Greek allegoria, a joining of two other Greek words: allos, meaning “other”, and agoreuein, meaning “to speak.”

Other famous allegories

McCARTHYISM (1950’s)

McCarthyism is the term used to describe a period of in the United States during the .

It began when Senator Joseph McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, claimed

A special House Committee on was formed to investigate allegations of communism.

During this period, people from all walks of life became the subjects of aggressive often based on inconclusive, questionable evidence.

Persons accused of being were often in both the public and private sector.

In the film industry alone, over 300 were denied work in the U.S.

American writer, Arthur Miller, was one of those alleged to have been

McCarthy’s influence finally in 1954 when a famous CBS newsman, Edward R. Murrow, aired an investigative news report which revealed McCarthy as

The public was finally made aware of how McCarthy was