Week Breakdown

• Monday the 14th

  • Write down Lexicon #28: Puritanism in your notebook.

  • Watch the video on the Witch Trial, taking notes on the causes, role of the church, and accusations.

  • Afterwards, we'll go over some essential context of the play and 1953, the time in which it was written. We take close note to how ideological tensions between US and USSR, Puritan values, and gender dynamics set up the play. 

  • Read, annotate, and discuss pages 6-11 of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

• Tuesday the 15th

  • Write down Lexicon #29: McCarthyism in your notebook.

  • Continue reading, annotating, and discussing The Crucible by Arthur Miller (pages 11-22).

• Wednesday the 16th - Thursday the 17th

  • Write down Lexicon #30: Mass Hysteria in your notebook.

  • We will finish Act 1, Scene 1(5-26) and continue reading Act 1, Scene 2 (27-47) of The Crucible.

  • Take notes by filling out your "Keeping up with The Crucible" notes chart on the characters found in Act 1, Scene 2.