Investigating the Salem Witch Trials: August 24, 2017

Focus: What really happened during our country's first cultural hysteria, and how does it still affect us?

1. Warming up with "Still Puritan After All These Years": 3 Levels of Questions and grid groups

• On the back of your article, please compose a Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 question about the article. 

• Write questions that you're genuinely curious about and/or think could spark a good discussion.

• Hash out your ideas in grid groups:
• Topic #1: Discuss your Level 1 questions
• Topic #2: Discuss your Level 2 questions
• Topic #3: Discuss your Level 3 questions

2. Investigating the Salem witch trials; click HERE for the overview; make a copy of it and save it in your "Cultural Hysteria" folder

Step 1 (30 min): Use the target (or any other form of note-taking that works for you on your "Puritan" Google doc) to amass knowledge from various websites. There are a few links on the overview, but feel free to conduct your own Google searches. You will do this part individually.

Step 2: With a partner, you will return to the three big questions on the overview. Discuss them thoughtfully and write your detailed response on the back of your target, or if you're not using a target, type them in your "Puritan" document.

You will turn in your target when you're finished (today or the beginning of class tomorrow).

3. Wrapping up with a quick exit ticket



HW:
1. For tomorrow (Thursday): Complete your reading target and finish responding to the three questions on the overview if you did not finish in class.

2.  For Friday: If you have not yet done so, please complete the survey (and encourage your parents to do the same).