Lesson plan

Day 4: "A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials"

  • From LearnZillion
  • Created by
  • Standards
  • Tags
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.7.1 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/7/1
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.7.2 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/7/2
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.7.3 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/7/3
teaches Common Core State Standards RI.7.6 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/7/6
Preview assignment >
Print / PDF
Press ESC or click here to exit full screen

Tip: swipe on touch devices, use your keyboard's ← and → arrow keys, or clicker buttons to quickly navigate the lesson plan

or to view additional materials

You'll gain access to interventions, extensions, task implementation guides, and more for this lesson plan.

This lesson plan is anchored by the text "A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials" from Smithsonian.com. Today, readers will dive even deeper into the text to build a fuller understanding of how prejudice, suffering, paranoia, and injustice played a role in the Salem Witch Trials. Since students have been working with the article for three days already, they are ready for a more demanding analysis. Skills that will come into play include: analyzing the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas; determining an author's point of view; and citing several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of the text. Special Materials: Student guided notes sheet Copies of the anchor text for all students