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// Topic: Salem Witch Trials Thesis Statement: // As result of their desire to create an Utopian society, the Puritans had a very low tolerance for inexplicable occurrences, and many innocent people were sacrificed in the name of religion.

Katelin Bonney Mr. Rowley Historical Research and Writing November 19, 2009 Puritans: Pure or Perverse? Everywhere you go you are surrounded by a shroud of suspicion, behind each corner there are prowling eyes and ears, you have to watch your every action, every interaction, every word you speak. Why are you living this way? It is because any wrong turn or misspoken word could be reason to condemn you to the noose. In Salem, Massachusetts people were being hanged at random, for any reason the authorities thought justified. As a result of their desire to create an utopian society, the Puritans had a very low tolerance for inexplicable occurrences, and many innocent people were sacrificed in the name of religion.

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//:// //My groups slide show on El Chupacabra:// //“When did you last see your father?”// Someone has leaked out that this royalist family is hiding something. Being arrested and dragged from their home by a sergeant, the mother, two daughters, and little brother are led to a room to be interrogated. The little boy being brave just like his father told him to before he went into hiding, stands tall in front of the strange men. With the image of his father in his mind the boy stoutly tells the interrogator that he doesn’t have any idea where his father could be. The interrogator wishes he could be home, not forcing a child to betray his father but he keeps pushing the boy with questions as gently as he can so he can leave this horrible room as quickly as possible. The two calvary men could care less about this family but are glad that more royalist have been discovered and captured and they take amusement in the small bravery of the boy and the intimidated family. The little boy’s mother is holding her eldest daughter’s hand and pressing her other hand to her chest where she can feel the necklace, the last gift from her husband before he left, hidden under her dress. She looks at her poor daughter crying and separated from her by the sergeant and at her valiant son standing up to the cruel men. The middle daughter is crying as she imagines where her father could be and what might happen to him if anyone in her family slips up, the strain is getting to great and as much as she appreciates the sergeant’s attempt to comfort her, he can’t replace her father’s loving and protective arms when he would gather her into a hug.

//Bibliography// Caulfield, Ernest. “Pediatric Aspects of the Salem Witchcraft Tragedy.” 24 Oct 2009 .

Isaac, Rael Jean. “False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse Are a Serious Problem.” 24 Oct 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/retrieve.do?subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528su%252CNone%252C17%2529salem%2Bwith%2Btrials%253AAnd%253ALQE%253D%2528LM%252CNone%252C44%2529News%2BOr%2BStatistics%2BOr%2BViewpoints%2BOr%2BWebsites%2524&contentSet=GSRC&sort=Relevance&tabID=T010&sgCurrentPosition=0&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&prodId=OVRC&searchId=R4&currentPosition=2&userGroupName=dixf02023&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&sgHitCountType=None&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28TX%2CNone%2C17%29salem+with+trials%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28LM%2CNone%2C44%29News+Or+Statistics+Or+Viewpoints+Or+Websites%24&inPS=true&searchType=BasicSearchForm&displaySubject=&docId=EJ3010038208&docType=GSRC>.

K., Doty, and Hiltunen R. “'I will tell, I will tell": Confessional patterns in the Salem Withcraft Trials, 1692.” 3. 24 Oct 2009 .

Kim, Henry. “Claims of Child Abuse Are Often False.” Opposing Viewpoints Digests. 24 Oct 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/retrieve.do?subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528su%252CNone%252C17%2529salem%2Bwith%2Btrials%253AAnd%253ALQE%253D%2528LM%252CNone%252C44%2529News%2BOr%2BStatistics%2BOr%2BViewpoints%2BOr%2BWebsites%2524&contentSet=GSRC&sort=Relevance&tabID=T010&sgCurrentPosition=0&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&prodId=OVRC&searchId=R4&currentPosition=1&userGroupName=dixf02023&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&sgHitCountType=None&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28TX%2CNone%2C17%29salem+with+trials%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28LM%2CNone%2C44%29News+Or+Statistics+Or+Viewpoints+Or+Websites%24&inPS=true&searchType=BasicSearchForm&displaySubject=&docId=EJ3010091223&docType=GSRC>.

“Puritan.” Meriam Webster. 24 Oct 2009 .

“Witchcraft.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 24 Oct 2009 .

//Plagiarism// 1. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is stealing someone's words, ideas, or images and is considered an academic crime, dishonest and fraud. For example copying an entire paragraph from a website in an essay you are writing. 2. Why is it important not to plagiarize? It's important not to plagiarize because you are taking credit from someone's hard work and you hurting their reputation because all of their efforts have been stolen. 3. What is the difference between plagiarism and copyright violation? Plagiarism is stealing from a source or altering someone's work for yourself and copyright violations is replicating someone's work and putting it out into the world without their permission. 4. What are the consequences for plagiarism at Dirigo High School? The first offense is a non-passing grade, you have to redo the assignment and a parent conference. The second offense is your grade goes down a letter. The third offense is you lose credit for the quarter. The fourth offense is you are removed from the class. The fifth offense is at the discretion of the administrator. In Mr. Rowley's classroom you get a maximum grade of 70 and you have to redo the paper and if the majority of your paper is plagiarized then you won't pass andyou will have to take the class over. 5. What are the conequencs for plagairism in collage? The 1st offense is a reduction of a letter grade, the 2nd offense is a reduction to an F, and the 3rd offense is expulsion. 6. How can you avoid plagairism? You cannot copy and paste from articles or websites, you can include air quotes, you cannot summarize information from a source without citing, don't use words you don't know, and you should cite information from oral presentations or non-verbal work.

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//Research Outline//

1.Plagiarism a. is stealing someone’s words, ideas, or images and is considered wrong and an academic crime.

2.Copyright Violation a. is replicating someone’s work and putting it into the world without their permission.

3.Note Cards a. are a way to write your bibliographies, summarize, paraphrase, and quote information from your sources for your essay b.it makes it easier to look back at your notes and write your essay

4.Google Scholar, Marvel, Opposing Viewpoints a.Google Scholar: is a section of Google that only has pre-approved essays, books, and academic sources. b.Marvel: is an educational website for research. c.Opposing Viewpoints: a website for research, from different perspectives.

5.Primary and Secondary Sources a.a primary source is something from the past, made back then b.a secondary source is about something from the past, but made now.

6.Procrastination a.types of procrastination: Perfectionism-has to be perfect Fear of Failure- “I can’t do this” Fear of Success- “I’ll look like a geek” Pleasure of Seeking- video games, TV, computer, food.... Insufficient Skills- spaced out, don’t know what to do Task Enormity- “this is so big, I’ll work on it later”

7.MLA a.stands for Maine Learning Association and is a way to make a bibliography

8.Mr. Rowley’s wiki a.rowleyhistory.wikispaces.com b.Two ways to use the wiki: to see what was talked about in class that day if you missed class or are going to miss class and to find out about coming projects/ class topics

//Discuss the political, economic, and social conditions that led to political revolutions in the first global age.// As a result of man's desire for freedom and rights, reinforced by years of crop failures, high taxes, and tyranny, many revolutions occurred during the global age. During this age there were many political issues, it was a very unstable time in history and the beginning of thinking that would change things forever. People like John Locke, Simon Bolivar and Voltaire were starting to question ideals, suggesting that government should be made with the people in mind, this hadn't happened before. Locke and later Jefferson believed that it was not just the right of the people to revolt against corrupt government, but it was the ‘duty’ of the people to do this. The Magna Carte which was written to stop the complete rule of the King and to give all ‘free men’ rights was the start. There were many revolutions in Europe and the Americas during this time and hunger, slavery, tyranny, unfair taxation, unfair punishments and cruelty all played a part.

Economically France was in a time of near total bankruptcy for the government. They had spent all the countries money and resources fighting in many wars as well as the spending of extravagant rulers. This caused trouble in the country to not only be losing money but also to have soldiers fighting wars which made many hardships. Then the government starting raising the taxes to pay off debts, continue the expensive government, and pay the clergy of the Catholic Church, who had become as corrupt as the government. The taxes were raised on the middle class, the group of people that worked and were educated, but the nobles were excluded from taxes, and the poor were starving and could not pay their taxes.

Some of the Social conditions in France were famines and malnutrition of many people and were factors in the revolution. Many crop failures which raised the price of bread and no money to buy bread made the situation worse. The moral of the French people was as very low as shown when a group of women hungry and poor attacked the King and Queen in Versailles. Social conditions were so bad in many of the countries that had revolutions during this age, the people could either give up and die or fight for freedom and rights.

The First Global Age was the beginning of people thinking that they should have rights. That all men should have ‘unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ this taken from the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson. This idea was inspired by earlier writings by John Locke and thinking like this started a new liberal age.

“p. 3-6: An example of a conviction trial in a meeting room:.....” Aronson, Marc. Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.
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Bonfanti, Leo. The Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692. Pride Publications Inc., 1971.

“Could you have survived? - Surviving History.” 3 Nov 2009 .

“Hall of Church History—The Puritans.” 10 Nov 2009 . “p-xii: the play The Crucible is not accurate to what actually happened in the 16.”

“Pilgrims and Puritans: Background.” 10 Nov 2009 .

“Puritan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” 10 Nov 2009 .

“Puritanism in New England.” 10 Nov 2009 .

“Puritanism, Puritans.” 10 Nov 2009 .

“Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem - Religion and Witchcraft - DiscoverySchool.com.” 2 Nov 2009 .

“Salem Witch Trials FAQs.” 10 Nov 2009 .

“The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692.” 3 Nov 2009 .

"p.1: The Celtic word Wicca which means "wise one or....." Wilson, Lori Lee. The Salem Witch Trials. Lerner Publications Company, 1997.