How To Teach The Cricible

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1 The Crucible, by Arthur Miller Honesty and Integrity Explored

2 Table of Contents: Page 3. Page 4. Page 17. Page 18. Page 19. Page 23. Page 24. Page 25. Page 26. Page 29. Page 34. Introduction Lesson Plans Integrity Poster Integrity Means Worksheet Crucible Name Tags Character Project Handout My Name Worksheet Title Project Handout Character/Quote Memory Game Unit Test Socratic Seminar Preparation Sheet Also included in this folder: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Pick-a-side PowerPoint Presentation

3 The Crucible, by Arthur Miller an 11 th -grade English Unit on Honesty and Justice Overview: The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, has been taught to our students as classic literature for many years. This play deals with deep and relevant issues such as honesty, justice, fidelity, faith, and conviction. These themes should be taught from a biblical perspective, and this unit pushes students to consider Scripture as they grapple with these concepts. This resource includes lesson plans, PowerPoints, activities, projects, and assessments that will teach and measure not only factual understanding of The Crucible, but also understanding of its themes in our Christian walk today. Essential Questions: 1. What responsibility does a Christian have to communicate truth to others? 2. What is the Bible s perspective on honesty? 3. How should we choose our society s leaders? 4. When is it acceptable to defy authority? 5. What role should religion have in society and its government? 6. What is the Bible s perspective on corporal punishment? 7. What is true forgiveness? NAD Standards Addressed: LA Apply Biblical principles of Christian morality, integrity, and ethical behavior to all aspects of life. LA Value God s inspired writings and created works as sources of His revelation. LA Understand how literature reflects and affects social, historical, and cultural influences. LA Compare and contrast specific works of literature. LA Determine the value of literature by critically examining its relevance, insights, and messages. LA Answer essay questions with appropriate format and textual references or other support. LA Refine personal views, beliefs, and motivations through reading/viewing/listening. LA Analyze/evaluate views, beliefs, and motivations of others with respect. Learning Objectives: 1. Students will be able to describe Miller s purpose in writing The Crucible. 2. Students will be able to explain and defend the Bible s perspective on honesty and integrity in society. 3. Students will be able to point out examples of forgiveness in The Crucible and in the Bible. 4. Students will be able to identify the speaker, setting, and meaning of significant quotes from the play. 5. Students will be able to identify characters by their salient quotes. 6. Students will be able to explain the reasoning for their own beliefs regarding honesty and integrity.

4 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 1 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Post-it Notes Integrity Poster Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Pick-a-side PowerPoint Presentation Integrity Means Worksheet Bibles Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 1 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Read Proverbs 19:1 aloud to the class: Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. Give each student a post-it note, and ask them to write their own personal definitions of integrity on their sticky notes. After 1-2 minutes, ask them to bring their notes and attach them to the integrity poster. Hold the poster where all students can see it, and read the definitions aloud. Explain to your students that integrity and honesty are closely linked, and you will be spending the next several weeks investigating these topics. Begin the Pick-a-side PowerPoint Presentation. Each slide has a yes-orno question. Designate 1 corner of the room as YES and one corner of the room as NO. Read each question aloud, and have your students go to the corner that best matches their opinions. The students should discuss their answers with those who have chosen the same. After 1-2 minutes, the group should choose a spokesperson to explain why they chose the corner they did. After both spokespeople have explained their answers, move to the next question. Explain that these issues have been prevalent since the beginning of time. Split your class into groups of 4, and give each group a Bible and Integrity Means worksheet. Have the groups define integrity according to the Bible and list the Bible verses they used to make their decisions. Have each group read their finished worksheets aloud to the class. Tell the students that you will begin your study of Arthur Miller s The Crucible tomorrow.

5 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 2 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 2 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Watch the following YouTube video about the McCarthy communism witch hunts. Ask your class how they would respond if they were asked to name names in order to save themselves. Explain that Arthur Miller was so frustrated with this system that he decided to write a play that paralleled the situation. Give each student a copy of Arthur Miller s The Crucible. If you do not have the play already, you may print temporary copies from ers.ednet.ns.ca/files/documents/the%20crucible%20full%20text.p df. Give each student a Crucible name tag. Explain that they will read that character s part for the duration of the play. Read the introduction aloud to the class, and begin to read Act I together, each student reading his or her own part.

6 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 3 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags Bible Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 3 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Look up and read aloud the following Bible verses: Ephesians 4:31-32, Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 6:14-15, Ephesians 4:32, and Mark 11:25. Ask students to share with a partner why it seems so difficult to forgive, and why grudges seem to linger. Ask your students which characters in The Crucible are holding grudges so far. Write their answers on the board, and have the students keep a copy of the list in their notes. Continue to read The Crucible, Act I, as a class, with each student reading his or her own part. If you do not finish reading Act I in class, assign the rest of the act as reading homework for tomorrow.

7 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 4 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags Character Project Handouts Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 4 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Give each student a character project handout, and explain that an understanding of the characters is crucial if they are to appreciate the significance of their actions later in the play. Take students to an area with computer/internet access, and give them the remainder of the class period to work on their Crucible character projects.

8 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 5 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 5 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Have the students individually come to the front of the classroom and present their character projects to the class. Begin reading The Crucible, Act II, with each student reading his or her own part. Assign the rest of Act II as reading homework.

9 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 6 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 6 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Play Matthew West s Christian music video, Forgiveness. Ask your students to find a partner and discuss why forgiveness is important to one s well-being. Ask the class which grudges have surfaced in The Crucible, Act II. Write their answers on the board, and have students add these to their list of grudges in their notes. Watch Mars Hill Church s YouTube video about what forgiveness is and isn t. Ask the class whether or not they think Elizabeth is likely to forgive Proctor for his affair, and whether or not they believe forgiveness could even solve the current situation. Begin reading The Crucible, Act III.

10 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 7 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 7 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Read Proverbs 12:22 to the class: Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. Remind the students of their activity at the beginning of the unit, and explain that Act III of The Crucible starts to deal even more heavily with the issue of honesty. Continue to read The Crucible, Act III, as a class, with each student reading his or her own part. If you do not finish Act III in class, assign the rest of the act as reading homework.

11 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 8 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Crucible Name Tags My Name Worksheets Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 8 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Read the following Bible verse to the class: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. -- Proverbs 22:1, King James Version (KJV). Ask your students which qualities they think John Proctor would like associated with his name. Read The Crucible, Act IV, with each student reading his or her part. Hand out the My Name worksheets to the class, and have your students fill out the qualities they want associated with their names. (Assign this as homework if you run out of time in class.)

12 Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 9 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Read Proverbs 17:3 to the class: The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. Proverbs 17:3. Explain that a crucible is a furnace that refines metals, makes them perfect, and readies them for use. Play this Refiner s Fire Christian music video: U. Give your students the Title Project handouts, and take them to an area where they have computer access in order to work on their title projects for the remainder of class. The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 9 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Copies of The Crucible Title Project Handouts

13 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 10 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Character/Quote Memory Game Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 10 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. While your students are working on their bell-work assignments, pin the character-quote memory game cards to a bulletin board or wall at the front of the room. The cards should be in 4 columns with their information facing the wall and their blank side facing the room. Begin class with prayer. Have your students individually come to the front of the room and present their title projects to the class. Explain that you will be reviewing for a test by playing Crucible Character/Quote Memory. Direct one student to come to the front of the room and choose 2 game cards to flip over. If he flips over a character and a quote that the character said, he should say, MATCH! and receive one point. If he does not recognize that it is a match, his next turn should be skipped. Similarly, if he declares a false match, his next turn should be skipped. Each time a match is found, every student should write down a one-sentence explanation of what that quote means, and why it was said. This is a perfect opportunity for students to ask questions about any quotes they did not understand. The students should keep these explanations in their notes and study them for the test.

14 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 11 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation The Crucible Unit Test Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 11 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bellwork writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Give your students The Crucible Unit Test, and allow them to work on the test for the remainder of the class period.

15 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 12 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Socratic Seminar Preparation Sheets Bibles Teaching Suggestions: Before class, watch the following YouTube video for instructions on how to host a Socratic Seminar: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 12 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Explain to students that because The Crucible has such a wide array of Biblical themes, you are going to give them a chance to discuss their opinions on this topic. Briefly explain what a Socratic Seminar is, using the information from the YouTube video that you watched earlier. Give each student a Socratic Seminar preparation sheet and a Bible. Students should spend the class period looking up Biblical texts to support their answers and writing their own questions for the Socratic Seminar.

16 The Crucible Lesson Plans Day 13 (50 Minutes) Materials Needed: Bell Work PowerPoint Presentation Bibles Teaching Suggestions: Before students enter the room, display the Bell Work, Day 13 PowerPoint slide at the front of the room. As students walk into the room, direct them to read the bell-work writing prompt and write a word response on a piece of notebook paper. After 5-10 minutes of writing time, have your students turn in their bell-work assignments. Begin class with prayer. Pray specifically for the Holy Spirit to guide the day s discussion. Have your students arrange their desks in circles for the Socratic Seminar. Remind students that each person must participate. Read the first question from the preparation sheet, and allow the students to guide the discussion from there.

17 What does INTEGRITY mean to you? Print at 250%

18 Evidence Integrity Means... Names of Group Members: Date: Instructions: As a group, determine the best Biblical definition of the word integrity. Find 5 Bible verses to back up your claim. According to the bible, integrity means... Verse 1: Verse 2: Verse 3: Verse 4: Verse 5:

19 Hello my name is: Thomas Putnam Hello my name is: Mercy Lewis Rebecca Nurse Hello my name is: Hello my name is: Mary Warren Hello my name is: John Proctor Giles Corey Hello my name is:

20 Hello my name is: Martha Corey Hello my name is: Reverend Hale Ezekiel Cheever Hello my name is: Hello my name is: Elizabeth Proctor Hello my name is: Francis Nurse Marshal Herrick Hello my name is:

21 Hello my name is: Reverend Parris Betty Parris Tituba Susanna Walcott Ann Putnam Abigail Williams

22 Hello my name is: Judge Hawthorne Hello my name is: Deputy Governor Danforth Hello my name is: Sarah Good Hello my name is: Hopkins

23 The Crucible Character Project Name: Due Date: Points Available: Please choose one of the following options to complete and present to the class. Remember that written assignments must be typed, and the finished product must look professional! 1. Obituary Write a 120-word obituary for a Crucible character of your choice. Include the following: Cause of death. Surviving family members. Life accomplishments. Funeral arrangements (date, place, flowers, time, etc. ) (Some creativity will be needed for this option, as these details are not all given in the play.) 2. Personality Test Complete the personality test at for a Crucible character of your choice. Print out the results and write a 150-word explanation of why you do or do not agree. 3. Shoebox Fill a shoebox with 10 or more items that symbolize a Crucible character of your choice. On the outside of the box, tape a table of contents that explains why you included each object (only one sentence needed for each object). 4. Journal Write a journal entry from one Crucible character s point of view. Include at least five specific facts that are mentioned so far in the play, as well as their thoughts and feelings. (Feel free to invent some of the emotions, as they may not be mentioned in the text itself.) 5. Online Dating Type up a 100-word dating profile for one Crucible male and one Crucible female of your choice. Include gender, age, hobbies, and beliefs. Include at least five specific facts from the play, but feel free to add some of your own ideas, as well.

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25 The Crucible Title Project Name: Due Date: Points Available: Consider the following definition: Crucible, noun 1. A pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted 2. A difficult test or challenge 3. A place or situation that forces people to change or make difficult decisions Then complete one of the following tasks (please type): Task #1: Write an 80-word explanation of how The Crucible lives up to its title, including each definition of the word. Task #2: Create a new title for The Crucible. Like The Crucible, this title should be a word that is not found anywhere in the play. (For example, The Trampoline.) Write a 50-word explanation of how the play lives up to the definition of your chosen word. Task #3: Find the title of another existing play. Write a 30-word summary of that play (cite your source), and write a 40-word explanation of why that title would also be appropriate for The Crucible.

26 The Crucible Character/Quote Memory Game John Proctor I'll tell you what's walking Salem vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! Elizabeth Proctor The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. Abigail Williams I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! Giles Corey More weight.

27 The Crucible Character/Quote Memory Game, cont. John Proctor Some dream I had must have mistaken you for God that day. But you re not, you re not, and let you remember it! Elizabeth Proctor He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him! Abigail Williams I cannot sleep for dreamin ; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I d find you comin through some door. Governor Danforth Postponement now speaks floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now.

28 The Crucible Character/Quote Memory Game, cont. Reverend Hale Think on your village and what may have drawn from heaven such thundering wrath upon you all. Reverend Hale I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court! Preparation Instructions: Cut out game cards and laminated, if desired. Position cards in rows and columns so that the information is facing away from the students, and only the back side of the cards is visible..

29 The Crucible Unit Test Name: Character Matching (10 Points) Write the name of the correct Crucible character under each statement. Characters names may be used more than once or not at all. John Proctor Elizabeth Proctor Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Reverend Hale Governor Danforth Tituba Ruth Putnam Giles Corey Rebecca Nurse Mercy Lewis 1. This character makes a poppet in court and gives it to Elizabeth Proctor. 2. This character has an affair with a seventeen-year-old girl. 3. This character is pressed to death with rocks. 4. This character loses many of her babies in childbirth. 5. This character brings many books to Salem because he is a witch expert. 6. This character steals Parris s money and runs away from Salem. 7. This character is a slave from Barbados. 8. This character serves as pastor in the Salem church. 9. This character fires a servant for lechery. 10. This character admits that she did not see familiar spirits.

30 Quote Explanation (10 Points) For each quote, give the name of the speaker and the situation surrounding the quote. Write one sentence only when explaining the situation. 1. I cannot sleep for dreamin ; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I d find you comin through some door. a. Name b. Situation 2. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. a. Name b. Situation 3. More weight. a. Name b. Situation 4. He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him! a. Name b. Situation 5. Postponement now speaks floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. a. Name b. Situation

31 6. Some dream I had must have mistaken you for God that day. But you re not, you re not, and let you remember it! a. Name b. Situation 7. I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court! a. Name b. Situation 8. Think on your village and what may have drawn from heaven such thundering wrath upon you all. a. Name b. Situation 9. Adultery, John. a. Name b. Situation 10. I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! a. Name b. Situation Opinion Essay (10 Points) Choose ONE of the following questions to answer in a 200-word essay. Include at least 5 specific examples from The Crucible to back up your opinion. Circle your chosen question below and write your essay on the pages provided. Which character from Arthur Miller s The Crucible has the most integrity? Do John and Elizabeth Proctor truly love each other? Which character from The Crucible has the most to forgive? Which character is most at fault for the witch trials?

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34 Name: The Crucible Socratic Seminar 1. Is theocracy an appropriate form of government for America? a. Answer b. Evidence (any relevant quote) 2. If Salem had been part of a democracy in the 1600s, would the Salem witch trials have happened? a. Answer b. Evidence (any relevant quote about democracy) 3. Do you believe that America (as a society) is more just or more unjust now than in the 1600s at the time of the Salem witch hunts? a. Answer b. Evidence (news story from this year or last) 4. Who is most at fault for the Salem hysteria (or who is most to blame)? a. Answer b. Evidence (quote from The Crucible) 5. Who is most at fault for the injustice we see in our world today? a. Answer b. Evidence (any relevant quote or source) 6. What is the definition of justice, according to the Bible? a. Answer b. Evidence (Bible verse and text) 7. According to the Bible, are we responsible for the justice and/or mercy of others? a. Answer b. Evidence 8. What can this class do to show justice or mercy to a person or a group of people in this community or far away? a. Proposed Project b. Estimated Materials c. Estimated Time Involved d. Estimated Cost e. Contact Person s Name f. Contact Person s or Phone Number