Salem Witchcraft Trials Webquest

Directions:

1. Create a Google Document and share it with me using my email address.  shipdog65@gmail.com
2. Go to http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm.
3. Answer the questions below as you surf the site.

Questions:

Click on Chronology at the top left of the home page.

1. What happened to Martha Goodwin’s behavior after Goody Glover was hanged for witchcraft?

2. In 1692 alone, approximately how many people are accused of witchcraft?

3. What is “spectral evidence?” (You may need to Google this term.)

4. In the 1700-1900s, what did people do to apologize for the witchcraft trials? (several answers) 

Click on Biographies and then click on Samuel Parris.

5. What did Samuel Parris do that “fanned the flames” of the witchcraft accusations?

6. What were Betty Parris and Abigail Williams likely doing that led to their strange symptoms?

7. Why did Tituba confess to being a witch?

Click on Arrest Warrant and Examinations and Evidence. Skim these pages.

8. What do you notice about the written language on these pages? How does it compare to the way we speak and write today?

Click on Death Warrant and List of Dead.

9. How many people died as a result of being arrested for witchcraft?

Click on Procedure in Witchcraft Cases.

10. Summarize in a paragraph the procedure used for those accused of witchcraft.

Click on The Crucible.

11. What is the big difference between Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible and the real-life story of the Salem witch trials? Use your own words to explain.

Click on You’re Accused! Follow the directions on the page.

12. Which option did you choose and why?

If you finish before others in your class…

1. Click on Salem Witchcraft Jeopardy and give it a try.
2. Go to http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/quiz.html and take the Salem Witch Trials Quiz.