Who Were the Who Were the Puritans?Puritans?

Intro to the Salem Witch Intro to the Salem Witch TrialsTrials

ObjectivesObjectives

Evaluate the philosophical, political, Evaluate the philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social religious, ethical, and social influences of the historical period.influences of the historical period.

To introduce and explain the note-To introduce and explain the note-taking technique of Quotes-Notes-taking technique of Quotes-Notes-Thoughts (QNTs)Thoughts (QNTs)

Key TermsKey Terms Puritanism Puritanism in the 16th and 17th cent., in the 16th and 17th cent.,

a movement for reform in the Church of a movement for reform in the Church of England that had a profound influence England that had a profound influence on the social, political, ethical, and on the social, political, ethical, and theological ideas of England and theological ideas of England and America.America.

RationalismRationalism is the belief that human is the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using beings can arrive at truth by using reason, rather than by relying on the reason, rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, authority of the past, on religious faith, or on intuition.or on intuition.

What are QNTs?What are QNTs?

QNTs are a systematic approach to QNTs are a systematic approach to note taking.note taking.

Divide your notebook page into three Divide your notebook page into three columns.columns.

At the top of each column write At the top of each column write Quotes, Notes, and Thoughts Quotes, Notes, and Thoughts respectively.respectively.

We will do some together so that you We will do some together so that you understand the process.understand the process.

Who Were the Puritans?Who Were the Puritans?

Choose quotes from each section that give Choose quotes from each section that give you insight into who the Puritans were you insight into who the Puritans were and/or why they were the way they were. and/or why they were the way they were. Write the quotes in your “Quotes” column.Write the quotes in your “Quotes” column.

Under the “Notes” column, write what the Under the “Notes” column, write what the quote tells you about the Puritans.quote tells you about the Puritans.

Under the “Thoughts” column, write your Under the “Thoughts” column, write your personal response to the quote.personal response to the quote.

Read pp. 11-15 and take QNTsRead pp. 11-15 and take QNTs

QuickwriteQuickwrite

How might people react when their How might people react when their established way of life is threatened established way of life is threatened by an outside group of people?by an outside group of people?

Puritanism vs. Puritanism vs. RationalismRationalism

Quickwrite:Quickwrite: Assuming that Puritans Assuming that Puritans in New England viewed Rationalism in New England viewed Rationalism as a threat to their established way of as a threat to their established way of life, how do you think they might life, how do you think they might react to a person or people with react to a person or people with rationalist ideas?rationalist ideas?

Modern Day Connection:Modern Day Connection: Are there Are there fundamentalist religious groups fundamentalist religious groups today who view outsiders as a threat today who view outsiders as a threat to their established way of life?to their established way of life?

The Salem Witch TrialsThe Salem Witch Trials

What do you know about the Salem What do you know about the Salem witch trials? witch trials?

Write what you already know in your Write what you already know in your notebook.notebook.

What would you like to know? What would you like to know? Write the list of questions in your Write the list of questions in your

notebook.notebook.

The Salem Witch TrialsThe Salem Witch Trials

Read the Informational Text on Read the Informational Text on pp.10-11 entitled “The Salem pp.10-11 entitled “The Salem Witchcraft Trials”.Witchcraft Trials”.

Take QNTs that will assist you in Take QNTs that will assist you in answering the following question: answering the following question: What made it possible for the Salem What made it possible for the Salem Witchcraft Trials to occur?Witchcraft Trials to occur?

More on SalemMore on Salem

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692Salem, Massachusetts, 1692

Life in 1692 SalemLife in 1692 Salem

What was life really like for the community of What was life really like for the community of Salem Village?Salem Village?

What were some of the challenges and fears the What were some of the challenges and fears the Puritans faced every day?Puritans faced every day?

What was it like to be a child in Puritan New What was it like to be a child in Puritan New England?England?

What did the Puritans see as the cause for What did the Puritans see as the cause for misfortune?misfortune?

How may these factors have played a role in the How may these factors have played a role in the witch trials?witch trials?

What do you think the main cause of the hysteria What do you think the main cause of the hysteria may have been?may have been?

The Story of the Witch The Story of the Witch HuntHunt

Name some of the accused.Name some of the accused. What did the accused have in common?What did the accused have in common? How many were jailed?How many were jailed? When did the trials start?When did the trials start? Who was the first person hanged?Who was the first person hanged? How did Giles Corey die?How did Giles Corey die? What made people doubt the girls’ What made people doubt the girls’

accusations?accusations? What happened to the accused, even after What happened to the accused, even after

being pardoned?being pardoned?

20th Century Witch 20th Century Witch HuntsHunts

A A witch huntwitch hunt occurs any time a occurs any time a group of people persecutes another group of people persecutes another group unfairly, usually blaming that group unfairly, usually blaming that group for larger problems.group for larger problems.

Examples from the 20th century Examples from the 20th century include: the Holocaust, the include: the Holocaust, the McCarthy trials, and the Japanese McCarthy trials, and the Japanese internment camps.internment camps.

McCarthyismMcCarthyism In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin

seized the political spotlight by charging that seized the political spotlight by charging that Communists had infiltrated the State Communists had infiltrated the State Department. He produced almost no hard Department. He produced almost no hard evidence, but his accusations fueled people’s evidence, but his accusations fueled people’s fears at the height of the cold war. McCarthy fears at the height of the cold war. McCarthy launched an investigation, summoned hundreds launched an investigation, summoned hundreds of Americans to testify, and threatened to of Americans to testify, and threatened to brand them as Communists if they refused to brand them as Communists if they refused to cooperate. As in the Salem witch trials, mere cooperate. As in the Salem witch trials, mere accusations were enough to ruin people. In accusations were enough to ruin people. In 1954, the U.S. Senate condemned McCarthy’s 1954, the U.S. Senate condemned McCarthy’s misconduct and abuse of power.misconduct and abuse of power.

McCarthyism and McCarthyism and The The CrucibleCrucible

Hundreds of the people McCarthy Hundreds of the people McCarthy accused were ruined by being accused were ruined by being “blacklisted,” unofficially but “blacklisted,” unofficially but effectively prohibited from working in effectively prohibited from working in their chosen professions. Some of their chosen professions. Some of those blacklisted were writers like those blacklisted were writers like Arthur Miller who wrote Arthur Miller who wrote The The CrucibleCrucible..

Arthur Miller wrote Arthur Miller wrote The CrucibleThe Crucible in in 1953 while the McCarthy trials were 1953 while the McCarthy trials were still going on.still going on.

McCarthyism and McCarthyism and The The CrucibleCrucible

Set in 1692 Salem, Set in 1692 Salem, The CrucibleThe Crucible draws parallels between the Salem draws parallels between the Salem witch trials and the 1950s hunt for witch trials and the 1950s hunt for Communists in the U.S. government Communists in the U.S. government conducted by Senator Joseph conducted by Senator Joseph McCarthy.McCarthy.