Portraits of the Case Studies The Case Study problems are teaching units‚ each of which supports 3 to 5 lessons on a topic from outside mathematics. They develop thinking‚ reasoning and problem solving skills and put substance into the Key Concepts and Processes of the new Programme of Study (PoS) for Key Stage 3 – aspects of the National Curriculum that are less familiar to many teachers. Between them‚ the Case Studies cover most of the PoS. The Case Studies are very different from each other and
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Research Project: The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts rocked the town to its core. Hysteria‚ paranoia‚ and confusion among the citizens of Salem. Accusing people of casting spells and consorting with the devil. How were the politics and citizenship of this period handled and was it handled correctly? Witchcraft was something very new in the colonies. In France‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and England‚ this has been going on for about 300 years. The bible even says‚ “Thou
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The Crucible: Moral Integrity & Human Dignity Our names are labels‚ plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. ~Logan Pearsall Smith “The Crucible” a 1952 play written by Arthur Miller is an allegory of McCarthyism. The play itself is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials which occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. In Miller’s masterpiece we meet a wide array of characters‚ village people‚ ordained ministers‚ judges‚ and farmers. We have the major characters‚ John
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The Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor “Let them that never lied die now to keep their souls” (1353). This quote‚ spoken by John Proctor‚ in the Crucible represents what the Salem Witch Trials were about. The Crucible‚ written by Aurthur Miller‚ was a playwright based in the 1600’s of the Salem Witch Trials in Province‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were during the time of McCarthyism; McCarthyism suggested people were guilty without hard proof. Elizabeth Proctor was a character in the Crucible
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The characters who are in Thirteen Reasons Why are motivated by several factors that affect their lives in significant ways. Hannah Baker is the main character who is in this novel‚ which is based on the ‘thirteen reasons why she decided to end her own life. Hannah is motivated or driven by the resentfulness and stress that the actions of thirteen different individuals have caused in her life. Hannah records her own voice on cassette tapes to tell the thirteen people why she feels that they played
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Puritan Communities: Was Salem Village Unique? Salem village in 1692 is something every student learns about in their basic American history course. They learn about the witchcraft trials‚ and the hangings that followed. They learn about Increase and Cotton Mather‚ father and son on opposite sides of the issue of witchcraft. If they are lucky‚ they learn about Rev. Samuel Parris and what led some to like him and his judgments‚ and others to despise him. But they do not typically learn about the
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your inferences and provide supporting evidence) | Insufficient evidence to answer (check box only) | What was your historical figure’s social and economic status in the Salem community? That is‚ what did your character do for a living? Was he or she well off? Would he or she be considered educated‚ upper class‚ middle class‚ lower class‚ poor? | The family of the mother: “The family was apparently of some prominence. Tax records from 1646 showed that John Ayer possessed at least one hundred and
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Dynamic characters are changed by the characters and events that occur in the play or book. In The Crucible‚ two characters that change for the better are Reverend Hale and John Proctor. They both go on a journey of self due to the hysteria of The Salem Witch Trials. The community had fallen into mass panic over a group of girls who convicted dozens of innocent people of witchcraft. Throughout the book‚ they become more suspicious of the girls and take a more active role in trying to convince people
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The Salem Witch trials depicted in The Crucible were gruesome acts of violence and judgment angled towards innocent‚ hard-working people of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Or were they? In fact‚ they were‚ but not in the way that one may think. According to history books and works of literary art such as The Crucible ‚ the events that took place during the Salem Witch Trials were all based upon lies made up by Abigail Williams and other young girls. There is tons of evidence to back this up‚ however
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amendment. When accused and were blacklisted‚ they often had to accuse other people that were affiliated with the left party to get out of being accused. Likewise‚ in Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible people of the Salem witch trials were no different from what happened in Hollywood. In the Salem witch trials‚ if one was accused of being a witch and chose not to talk‚ they would most likely be sentenced
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