Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Communism and Socialism
Joe McCarthy and Friends
A Little Help from Billy Joel
The Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Museum
Billy Joel Video "We Didn't Start the Fire"
WebQuest Questions"
- Define "Communism" and "Socialism" with a definition you can understand and apply.
- What does the word "crucible" mean?
- Who are: Josef Stalin, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Syngman Rhee, Nikita Khrushchev
- What did Senator Joseph McCarthy have to do with the Red Scare of the 1950s? What ultimately happened to his investigation?
- What is the HUAC and what did it set out to do in the 1940s and 1950s?
- What was the Hollywood Blacklist and who was on it? Why?
- What is The Cold War? Give dates, locations, reasons and people involved.
- What prompted hysteria during the red scare?
- What prompted hysteria during the Salem Witch Trials (SWT)?
- Who were the people invovled in the SWT? Name at least 3 people and indicate their "crimes"?
- How does Miller's play differ from the actual Salem court trials?
- List three similarities of the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare of the 1950s.
- Based upon the information provided in these web sites, list three traits of the Puritans livingin Salem? (Be specific - link your answers to actual behaviors of these people. What weretheir goals? What did they value? How did they spend their time?)
- Based upon the architecture and land ownership of the 17th century, what can you say aboutthe living conditions of these people and how might such conditions be a factor in the SWT?
- Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible? Based on the definition of the word and background information you ahve gathers, what do you think the allegory is behind the play?
