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ICE Essay Revisions DUE: Friday, March 22nd, 2019

This essay examines the societal consequences portrayed in The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible, drawing parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism. The analysis is conducted through a specific lens, showcasing the impact of individual decisions on broader outcomes. An outside article source is utilized as a literary criticism of The Scarlet Letter.

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ICE Essay Revisions DUE: Friday, March 22nd, 2019

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  1. ICE Essay Revisions DUE: Friday, March 22nd, 2019 • 2-3 pages total typed • 1 Works Cited Page (does not count as part of your 2 minimum-3 maximum requirement) • Must use 1 outside article source that is a true literary criticism of The Scarlet Letter • Calendar will be posted to schedule appts.

  2. ICE Essay Revisions DUE: Friday, March 22nd, 2019 • Show your mastery of the novel, view it from a specific lens • Do not rewrite your essay from scratch! • You are all very intelligent humans...you got this!

  3. Put the numbers 1 & 2 on the slip of paper I gave you. (Name is optional.) • Answer the following on the slip of paper: • 1. In The Scarlet Letter unit, I learned best when we did: ________________ • 2. I would learn better in The Crucible Unit if we did this: _______________. • Tell me what you struggled with during The Scarlet Letter. What would be helpful for you as we go through The Crucible unit?

  4. Welcome! Today is Monday, March 11th, 2019 I can: identify authoral, contextual, and historical information about Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. How do our decisions ultimately impact our consequences?

  5. Take your notes out. Make an inferences and predictions section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBffF0s3Hc After viewing, make a 1 sentence prediction about what you think The Crucible is going to be about.

  6. “The mission of the theater, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.” Arthur Miller 1915-2005

  7. Backstory • Playwright, screenwriter, author • Born in Harlem to Polish & Jewish family • Father manufacturer, mom educator • U. of Michigan alum • No Villain • Marriages: Mary Slattery, Marilyn Monroe, Inge Morath

  8. Family Life • Children with Mary Slattery: Jane Ellen & Robert • Children with Inge Morath: Rebecca and Daniel • Daniel born w/ down syndrome & institutionalized • Rebecca married Daniel Day-Lewis, he pushed A. Miller reconcile w/ son

  9. Achievements • 3 Tony’s • 2 Emmy’s • Pulitzer Prize for Drama • JFK Lifetime Achievement Award • “Jefferson Lecturer for the National Endowment for the Humanities” • Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement

  10. Arthur Miller Foundation • Funded by Arthur Miller in 1999 • Daughter Rebecca Miller continued legacy in 2014 • Foundation to promote theater arts programs in NYC public schools • Programs include: • Theater Ed. • Foundation Scholars Program • Theater & Film Pilot Program

  11. Resources “Arthur Miller.” Arthur Miller. Web. http://www.arthurmiller.org/links/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2019. “Arthur Miller Biography.” A&E Television Networks, 2 Apr. 2014. Web. https://www.biography.com/people/arthur-miller-9408335. Accessed 9 Mar. 2019. “Mission and History.” Arthur Miller Foundation, 2017. Web. https://arthurmillerfoundation.org/who-we-are/mission-history/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2019.

  12. The Crucible By: Arthur Miller

  13. Background • Drama • Centers on 1692 Salem Witch Trials • Allegory for McCarthyism • House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) - Miller opposed working with them b/c of congress

  14. Salem Witch Trials 1692 Salem Witch Trials Video • Young girls accusing others of witchcraft, claimed to be possessed by the devil • Supernatural, devil’s handiwork • Ideologies started in 14th Century Europe, rampant in New England Colonies • Fear of native Americans, outsiders • Puritan communities • Presently Danvers, MA

  15. McCarthyism • 1950’s: Suspects targeted for allegedly supporting Communist ideologies • HUAC: Government officials, activists, artists prime targets • A. Miller presented “Fear” in American politics with The Crucible • Miller testify to accusations

  16. McCarthyism • Politicians reactions were, “Enhanced surveillance, black-listing, and repression as part of the right-wing ideologues’ tactics against government employees, educators, entertainers,” and anyone else who may have had liberal sympathies” (Aziz).

  17. McCarthyism • During WWII, America aligned liberally in opposition to Nazism in Europe • After WWII, “Communism became the new threat to democracy” (Wetzel). • Americans viewed American Communist Party, “Secretive” (Wetzel), unknown = “Un-American” (Ibid).

  18. McCarthyism • Congressional sub-committees reorganized to HUAC • Led by Senator Joe McCarthy of WI, he called them, “witch hunts”

  19. McCarthyism • “This sweeping policy of fear and persecution offers the backdrop amidst which The Crucible would be written” (Wetzel). • “McCarthy sought to find, question, and punish any American Citizens who had past or present associations with the Communist Party” (Wetzel).

  20. Salem Witch Trials & McCarthyism “...both McCarthyism and the trials involved law and order where “failure to defend oneself against incrimination was considered proof of seditious activities against the state” (Ibid).

  21. McCarthyism “In the eyes of HUAC, the world existed merely as a binary set of responses, American or Communist, good or evil, and God or the devil” (Wetzel).

  22. McCarthyism “In HUAC...accusation served as a tool for political advancement, where the spectacle of the hearings lifted the accusers up while denigrating the accused down below” (Q. D. Miller).

  23. Resources “Arthur Miller Biography.” A&E Television Networks, 2 Apr. 2014. Web. https://www.biography.com/people/arthur-miller-9408335. Accessed 9 Mar. 2019. Aziz, Aamir. “Using the Past to Intervene in the Present: Spectacular Framing in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.” New Theatre Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, 2016, 171. Ibid, 170-171. Miller, Quentin D. “The Signifying Poppet: Unseen Voodoo and Arthur Miller’s Tituba.” Forum for Modern Language Studies, vol. 43, no. 4, 2007, 443. Wetzel, Evan. “3 - Historical Context.” The Crucible. Web. https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/thecrucible/historical-context-of-the-play/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2019.

  24. Resources “Salem Witch Trials.” A&E Television Networks, HISTORY. 4 Nov. 2011, Web. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials. 9 Mar. 2019.

  25. Actively read by focusing on these skills:

  26. As we read next: Focus on the making predictions strategy in your notes.

  27. Homework: pages 1092-1100

  28. Welcome! Today is Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 I can discuss the first half of The Crucible Act I with my classmates. How do our decisions ultimately impact our consequences?

  29. Answering Q.A.R. Questions = being an active reader!

  30. QAR Questions: Pgs. 1092-1094

  31. QAR Questions: Pgs. 1095-1096

  32. QAR Questions: Pgs. 1097-1100

  33. Make a prediction Make a prediction in your notes about what you think will become of the relationship between John Proctor and Abigail Williams. Homework: Finish Act I

  34. Welcome! Today is Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 I can discuss the second half of The Crucible Act I with my classmates. How do our decisions ultimately impact our consequences?

  35. Talk about the following with your neighbor next to you: Do you think John Proctor feels ashamed about what he has done? Why or why not?

  36. QAR Questions: pg. 1100 Answer this on the paper: Why is this scene significant???

  37. QAR Questions: Pgs. 1101-1104 Answer this on the paper: Why is this scene significant???

  38. QAR Questions: Pg. 1108-1111, Answer this on the paper: Why is this scene significant???

  39. Homework: Read all of ACT II

  40. Welcome! Today is Thursday, March 14th, 2019 I can discuss Act II of The Crucible with my classmates. How do our decisions ultimately impact our consequences?

  41. How do you think Elizabeth Proctor might feel after speaking with John in their kitchen? Discuss with your neighbors.

  42. QAR Questions: Pgs. 1114-1118. Answer this on the paper: Why is this scene significant???

  43. Answer this on your sheet: Why is this scene significant???

  44. QAR Questions: 1119-1122. Answer this on the paper: Why is this scene significant???

  45. Answer this on your sheet: Why is this scene significant???

  46. QAR Questions: Pgs. 1127-1129. Answer this on the paper: Why is this scene significant???

  47. Answer this on your sheet: Why is this scene significant???

  48. Welcome! Today is Friday, March 15th, 2019 I canwrite and infer how characters might feel after the first two Acts in The Crucible. How do our decisions ultimately impact our consequences?

  49. Pretend that you are a character from The Crucible. Tweet something on that character’s twitter, sub-tweet another character, or pretend like your character is ‘@-ing’ another character. Don’t forget to sign your character’s name with their twitter handle!

  50. Get out a piece of paper and a pen. Pretend that your character is writing a diary entry to themself about everything that has happened recently in Salem Village. Indicate how your character feels about another character, and about witchcraft.

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