SALEM WITCH TRIALS

INTRODUCTION

What were the people thinking about the witches back in time?

The Task

Your task is to write in a journal so that your ancestors will know who you are. Tell where you live and what you do for a living so they will know what happened back in that time.

THE PROCESS

1. Identify yourself with one of people below. Tell if you are married or single and where you live and what you do for a living. You will pretend you are this person. And you will tell the story about witches from this viewpoint.

ACCUSER, a accuser is the person that accused you of being a witch when you are not a witch.

NEIGHBOR, a neighbor is a person that lives next door to you or across the street from you.

JUDGE, the judge is the person who judges and sentences you if the jury finds that you ain't a witch and if you are a witch.

JURY, the jury is the group of people that is (your neighbors) in the court house who decide if you are a witch

WITCH is a person that has black magic and long ago people used to think that the witches used black magic to rule over the people.

 2. After you decide who you are, go to the timeline and read the events. Choose at least three events that fit with who you are, tell it like a story--a story that tells your view about what happened to the people during this time.

3.Go to the site that tells about the witches' life and chose one that will be a part of your journal story. Use the information to create your journal story so that it fits the facts.

4. Look at the other sites below to learn what a person like your person would think in each of these situations. Write at least three journal entries about what happened and how you feel about the events you chose.

THE RESOURCES

The writing in Blue tells what the site is about.

IT SHOWS A TIMELINE BUT IT IS NOT written LIKE A TIMELINE. IT IS written AS IF YOU WERE WRITNG ON A PIECE OF PAPER.

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/timeline.html

THIS ONE SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WITCHES AND TELLS ABOUT THEIR LIFE

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/biographies.html

IT TELLS STUFF ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DID WITCH CRAFT AND WHAT HAPPENEDTO THEM.

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/salemwitchcraft.html#witchcraft

IT TELL S ALL THE STUFF ABOUT THE VICITIMS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/victims.html

THIS ONE TELLS ABOUT THE ACCUSED AND WHY THEY WERE ACCUSED AND IF THEY WERE KILLED

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/accused.html

THIS ONE SHOWS ALL THE TRANSCRIPTS AND THE NAMES OF THE WITCHES AND THE ACUSSERS

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/transcripts.html

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THE CONCLUSION

What do you think the witches will do after court?

You should have written several journal entries as if you were one of the people who lived back then. It will show the future people and how life was back then--how people thought and felt, like a short story.

Sample Journal:

 Journal of Brittany

November 1688

It's very cold and the wind is blowing hard and I heard that there is a new preacher coming to Salem Village. His name is Rev. Samuel Parris . I hope he is one of those good preachers and not boring. When I was in the yard raking the leaves, I heard Bridget Bishop and her husband Thomas arguing. This happens a lot.

January 20, 1692

Rev. Samuel Parris' nine year old daughter is very sick and other girls in Salem Village are getting sick. Rev. Parris' thinks that they maybe bewitched. Maybe it is Bridget because she was accused of being a witch in 1680 . Maybe she killed her husband and that he just didn't die and I am going to kept my ears open and kept my kids away from her.

February 1692

Our doctor William Griggs, says the sick girls are bewitched. Rev. Parris' servant, Tituba told us that Mary Sibley said to bake a witch cake. She hopes the cake will help the girls identify who is bewitching them. I would hate to make a witch cake. It is made of rye meal mixed with urine from the sick girls. It is then feed to a dog. The girls are considered bewitched if the dog shows similar symptoms like the girls they are bewitched.