Crucible+Learning+Plan

// Learning Objectives: // ·  Examine the historical context of a consciously historical work of literature ·  Identify and understand the conventions of a drama ·  Discuss what makes a drama or tragedy compelling ·  Understand and apply the elements of characterization ·  Identify and analyze the elements of storytelling (plot, character, setting, conflict, irony) ·  Understand the difference and significance of an “American Tragedy” vs. a Classical/Shakespearean Tragedy ·  Ponder the differences between history and literature by comparing facts with the fictional or dramatic treatments of the facts ·  Consider the ways in which an historical event and a work of literature may mean different things for different generations of citizen readers ·  View and note similarities between 1692 Puritan New England and the United States during the Red Scare years of the 1950’s ·  Become aware of and will be given insights into the nature of intolerance, persecution and moral panic ·  Evaluate the concept of individual honor ·  Research, analyze, evaluate, write and present on historical or other examples, which might parallel the work of Arthur Miller in //The Crucible// Text Talking Points: Act One
 * The Crucible Learning Plan **
 * Characterization of Parris
 * Narrator Commentary about the Puritans
 * “To the European world the whole province was a barbaric frontier inhabited by a sect of fanatics who, nevertheless, were shipping out products of slowly increasing quantity and value”
 * “This predilection for minding other people’s business was time-honored among the people of Salem, and it undoubtedly created many of the suspicions which were to feed the coming madness.”
 * “…since the country was reasonably—although not wholly—safe, the old disciplines were beginning to rankle. But, as in all such matters, the issue was not clearcut, for danger was still a possibility, and in unity still lay the best promise of safety.”

Act Two ·  Act Three ·  Act Four Assessments: