The Crucible and The Red Scare

August 14, 2014

E.Q: How does the hysteria seen in The Crucible relate to 20th and 21st century events?

Obj: I can connect The Crucible to real life situations.

Starter:

Take a moment to look at each photo.

Then, write down at least 3 different feelings the photo evokes.

Vocabulary:

Red Scare -fear of communism

Communism - a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property

 Activity:

1. Finish Facebook Profile Presentations

2.  Continue Reading Act One

Pages 30-38

Narrator 

Hale 

Parris

Rebecca

Putnam

Mrs. Putnam

Giles Corey
Proctor

3.  Making Connections
Read the article, Anti-Communism in the 1950s.

4.  TPEQEA
In 2 separate TPEQEA paragraphs answer the following questions:
How is the Red Scare an example of mass hysteria?
How did this event in history shape and/or change society?

5.  Remaining Time
Begin reading the final part of Act One.
Hale
Giles
 Parris
Abigail
Tituba
Mrs. Putnam
Putnam
Betty

Closure
How do you predict Act Two will begin?