The+Crucible

=Quizzes/Tests: =

- Never used this, but could be a good resource, after a few modifications

=Study Guides: =



=Handouts, Activities and Projects: =

- "Who am I?" Activity - In small groups, students create posters describing their assigned character, without giving away his/her name. When done, students present their posters to the class, and others guess the name of the character. Good to do right after Act 1 to help students remember character names.

I used this character ID handout to help students remember characters and significant dialogue spoken by each one.

- Requires some preparation on the part of the teacher, but a good and very effective overview of Act 3.

- What happens after the Crucible

- - All students created a sample "Tituba's Blog" and archived her thoughts before, during or after the trials. This activity also gave students an understanding of how to use blogs, in case they wanted to use the Blog option for the final project. Here's a student's sample blog - [] - Again, students created Tituba's blog AND added 2 comments from the POV of other characters in the nove. In other words, if Mary or John was to read Tituba's blog online, what would they have said?

- This final project allowed students choice in interpreting and presenting their understanding of The Crucible. They were to choose one of the 5 options: 1) Headline News (website or poster), 2) Blog (from the POV of a character), 3) What if? (how a scene would've turned out differently if technology existed at the time), 4) Digital Artifacts (ex: what would Elizabeths' USB drive have?), 5) Reality TV Show (film a scene).

[] - Journal Assignments [] - Tons of daily activity ideas for The Crucible [] - Open Ended Questions - Writing Choices [|Which of you is a witch - lesson plan] - Lesson plan [] - Good interactive site about Salem and Witch Trials in general [] - Good discussion questions [] - More discussion questions

=Unit Plans: =

- Truly amazing document, complete with study guides, quizzes, tests, etc. [] - Curriculum ideas

=Helpful Online Links: =

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 * Web English Teacher plethora of resources: []
 * Act I Slideshow: []
 * Another American Lit teacher's blog, where her assignments on The Crucible are posted: []


 * English Companion thread about //The Crucible// - extremely helpful lesson/unit plan: []