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SALEM WITCH TRIALS

Video Sheet

1. What is the man being whipped at the beginning being punished for?

2. How does the minister describe the Indians?

3. What one word can you think of to describe the minister’s sermon?

4. People treat the owner of the tavern differently. Why?

5. What do the girls believe the slave Tituba can do?

6. Why does the one girl Betty keep crying?

7. What behaviors do many of the young girls begin showing?

8. Why do you think the girls began naming names?

9. What were some ways the town officials determined who was a witch?

10. Does Goody Bishop have a lawyer to defend her? Then why is she being found guilty?

11. Why do you think the bald dude with the mustache began admitting to consorting with the devil?

12. “A strange justice that condemns the truth, yet frees all liars!” What does the accused minister mean?

13. The new 22 yr. old minister in Salem had often done what things in his free time?

14. How does this new minister differ from the older generation of Puritan ministers?

15. How many were killed during the Salem Witch Trials? Does this teach us any lesson at all?

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