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TED-Ed

Ugly History: Witch Hunts

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Guilty until proven innocent? A short video tackles the question of why witch hunts occur by examining the history of these purges and the tests used to identify those suspect of working with the devil.
Instructional Video11:38
Crash Course

The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Listen as this famed speaker argues why "the real story of history is about regular people trying to take care of their families" and "small-scale dramas," particularly in the case of colonial America. Topics covered include the shift...
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation [2:41] features a closer examination and explanation behind the Salem Witch Trials.
Instructional Video
Other

Readng Through History: The Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
This video provides a brief introduction to the Salem Witch Trials which accused several local women of witchcraft in 1692. [7:13]
Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: A Brief History of Witchcraft Persecutions Before Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a history in the form of a timeline of the persecution of witches prior to the Salem witch trials.
Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials Bibliography and Links

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive bibliography and links for original documents and analysis of the Salem Witch Trials.
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.
Instructional Video
A&E Television

History.com: Haunted History: 8 Episodes

For Students 9th - 10th
America is often haunted by its past, which explains why ghost stories have always been an integral part of this nation's oral history. Viewers will visit some of the darkest, scariest corners of the country -- from the battlefields of...
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Witches of Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1692 a group of adolescent girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, became subject to strange fits after hearing tales told by a West Indian slave. When they were questioned, they accused several women of being witches who were...
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America: Witchcraft in Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what happened in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 when a group of young girls began to have visions and were accused and tried for witchcraft.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #4: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated...
Handout
The English Teacher

The English Teacher: Teaching the Scarlet Letter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan-tutorial focuses on teaching vocabulary with literature through the book "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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