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Witch Hunts…Post-Salem

Witch Hunts…Post-Salem. Learning Target. I can relate hysteria in the colonies to hysteria today.

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Witch Hunts…Post-Salem

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  1. Witch Hunts…Post-Salem

  2. Learning Target • I can relate hysteria in the colonies to hysteria today.

  3. “Pictorial illustration of abolitionism. Its rise, progress and end. Vol. II.”By Alfred Galehttp://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe10/rbpe100/10004700/rbpe10004700.db&recNum=1&itemLink=h?ammem/rbpebib:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28rbpe+10004700%29%29&linkText=0 • Fear of abolishing slavery • What assertion is this author making about people who wanted to abolish slavery? • How does he tie in the Salem Witch Trial accusations?

  4. “Examination of a Witch” T. H. Matteson (1853)

  5. “Stand fast men---they’re armed with marshmallows”Washington Post, 1954http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/fire.html • Fear of Communism • Gov’t said the Girl Scouts’ “one world” ideas were un-American. • What assertion is this author making? • How does he tie in the Salem Witch Trials?

  6. "Witchcraft in Colonial America: A Matter of Lies and Death.“ • Washington Post, KidsPost section, October 31, 2001http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/generic.html • What fear existed in the U.S. at this time? • What has been the corresponding hysteria in society?

  7. The Magician (2007) Wes and Tony.“The Magician.” Comic strip. Amazing Superpowers 22 Nov 2007: Web. <http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2007/11/the-magician/> What is this author telling us? What does this tell us about hindsight?

  8. Shall we keep talking? • Why do people get on board with hysteria and mob mentality? • Why do some people stay silent? • How is fear used to manipulate people? • How was fear used to manipulate people in Salem?

  9. Learning Target • I can relate hysteria in the colonies to hysteria today.

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