Salem Witch Trials

1. Salem Witch Trials 7th grade student Language Arts 5th Period 5-1-10

2. My Position • The “afflicted” girls were faking so they could get attention.

3. History of the Salem Witch Trials • Salem is settled in 1626 by Puritans [2] • Tituba, a slave from Barbados (who was Native American, not black) [3], begins telling stories of “magic and sorcery” [1] to Betty Parris (nine-years-old) and Abigail Williams (11-years-old), the girls of the Parris family • Word spread to other girls in Salem Village, and six more girls joined the group called “the circle girls” [1]

4. History Continued… • Betty Parris began to feel guilty and she started to act odd • Eventually, all the girls were so guilt ridden that they told the priests that Tituba had bewitched them, as well as Sarah Goode, who was a beggar, and Sarah Osborne • Tituba confesses to being a witch, Goode was hung, and Osborne died in prison [4] • Many more people were tried and killed

5. My Evidence • Women were supposed to be seen not heard • At trials, the only evidence they had was the word of these girls • The girls had never gotten attention like this

6. Pictures [2]- A Hanging

7. Pictures [2]- An Arrest Warrant

8. Works Cited • 1. Laurel Van Der Linde; The Devil In Salem Village; Brookfield, Connecticut; The Millbrook Press, 1992, Print • 2. (no author); Famous American Trials: Salem Witch Trials; (no publication date); 4/20/10;www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm • 3. Tim Lambert; The Salem Witch Trials; 2006; 5/5/10;www.localhistories.org/salem.html • 4. (no author); Victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692; (no publication date); 5/5/10; www.salemwitchtrials.com/victims.html

9. The End!