Task
You will assume the role of either an accused witch or communist.
- You will work collaboratively in pairs to create a day by day journal for a 7 day accounting of the Salem Witchcraft Trials or the McCarthy Senate Hearings on UnAmerican activities.
- Each journal must be historically accurate and reflect the political and social climate of the responding era. You will use the Web to complete your research for the diaries.
- Each group will prepare a PowerPoint presentation that compares the characteristics of both events.
- Each student will write an article for a newspaper that documents the final verdict for their character.
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