Plymouth Plantation
Salem Witch Trials
Crucible Pre-Reading
Crucible
Argumentative Essay
100

I wrote the Plymouth Plantation.

Who is William Bradford?

100

The year it all started...

What is 1692?

100

A person must choose between two or more difficult options, and either choice will violate a moral principle or cause a negative outcome.

What is a moral Dilemma?
100

He wrote the Crucible.

Who is Arthur Miller?

100

Always start your introduction with this..

What is your stance on the claim.

200

We landed in this year.

What is 1692?

200

These children clamied they were possessed by this.

What is the devil?

200

It is the practice of making unfair and unsubstantiated accusations of disloyalty or treason in the 1950's

What is McCarthyism?

200

The author of the Crucible related the witch trials to this 1950's era because of this.

What is MCarthyism?

200

You must also mention this in the introduction.

What is the counterclaim?

300

The puritans fought with this group of people.

Who are Native People of America?

300

A phenomenon where a group of people experience similar physical symptoms without an identifiable medical cause.

What is Mass Hysteria?

300

A political theory, leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

What is Communism?

300

Scene 1: Why are they praying around the little girl?

She is sick in bed (With an unknown illness)

300

You must use two texts to support your 2 reasons to do this.

Support your Claim.

400

The Puritans made their decisions based on this.

What is their Religion/ God?

400

The Witch Trials took Place in this State.

What is Massachusetts? 

400

Communism turned into treason in these years.

What are the 1950s?

400

The genre of Crucible is Historical Fiction and is written in this format. 

WHAT IS the format of A PLAY.

400

You must have 1 source to substantiate this part of the essay.

What is the counterclaim?

500

The Puritans left England because of this.

What is Religious Freedom?

500

The Salem Witch Trials started started with them!

Young Girls/Children

500

It is why we look into the history of what we're going to read.

To find out why it was written, what the motivation was and to get a sense of the time period.

500

Everyone in the community is involved in some way with this (group). They live their lives by it.

What is the Church?

500

You must use this amount of evidence in your argumentative essay.

What are 3 different texts