Crucible

The Crucible Research Assignment (100 points)

due Thursday, March 24th at 8am

For this project, you will be using the school databases, books, and internet to do research on a specific topic. This project will be presented as a group, but your work will be graded individually. Your final product will include a thesis (subject divided into 3 parts), a thorough and complete presentation on your topic with 1 MLA in-text citation per source, a MLA Works Cited Page including 6 VALID sources per group (2 database sources, 2 book sources, and 2 internet sources) and annotations of each source. You will turn in this assignment through CANVAS using Google Drive. You will also turn in your source and topic notecards. Each group member is responsible for submitting 1 correct source card and 5 topic cards for that source. Each group member is responsible for editing, revising, and proofreading the presentation to insure its spelling, grammar, and mechanics are error-free.

Topic 1 –Arthur Miller

Topic 2 – Related Persecutions

Topic 3 – The Salem Witch Trials

Topic 4 – McCarthyism

Topic 5 – Communism

Topic 6 – Puritanism

Guiding Notes

Topic 1 – Arthur Miller

· Key Events in his life

· Overview of other works (including Death of a Salesman)

· His beliefs/political outlook, including communist connections

· Arraignment by the House Un-American Activities

Topic 2 – Related Persecutions

· What are the causes? Focus on the beliefs of the society and the leading characters

· What are the consequences (both for the individuals accused, the accuser, and the

society)

· What are some possible ways to have avoided these situations? Be sure your

solutions are applicable to the people at that time and in that situation

Groups to Consider:

· the Holocaust, Japanese Internment Camps, Segregation

Topic 3 – The Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s

· What events led to these trials?...