Connecting the Past to the Present: August 28, 2018

Focus: What does a modern cultural hysteria look like?

1. Warming up by augmenting our vocabularies with Quizlet Live: Puritan Words, List 1 (if you haven't yet joined, click HERE)

2. Recapping the Salem witchcraft courtroom scene with a focus on possible explanations

Scene 4 (1:16:30--1:26:26): Witchcraft Is an Invisible Crime

3. Connecting the past to the present: Recapping the cultural hysteria project overview and starting to brainstorm possible topics

4. Offering you an example of a modern cultural hysteria


HW:
1. By the end of class on Wednesday, you need to have selected a topic for your modern cultural hysteria project (sign up on document below):

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2. Spend 5 minutes on a day on your Puritan Words, List 1; assessment this Friday.