Billerica Memorial High School LMC

16th and 17th Century New England--Witch trial at Salem Village

updated February 25, 2009

Contents BMHS Catalog MVLC Catalog Databases Curriculum links English/Language Arts Media Literacy American Lit Famous Trials World Lit E/LA Teacher Assignments Student resources Teacher Resources

The Salem Witchcraft Papers from the University of Virginia. Narratives of the witchcraft cases 1648-1706. Hawthorne in Salem Salem Witch Trial See Famous Trials Background for The Crucible Extensive list of links. Witches in the 16th and 17th Centuries Putting the Pieces Together The puzzle of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem Witchcraft Hysteria A special interactive program from National Geographic. Go back to 17th Century Salem and experience the times for yourself. Witchcraft in Salem Village--Intersections of Religion and Society. Background for The Crucible, the culture and society that fostered the Witchcraft Trials. Examination of a Witch by T.H. Matteson 1853 from the Peabody Essex Museum. The Puritans Cotton Mather The Puritans--beliefs, history, Cotton Mather's Sermon "The Duties of Children to their Parents". The American Sense of Puritan 17th Century Colonial New England--Witchcraft or Arthur Miller's The Crucible -- Fact or Fiction     Salem, Massachusetts in the 1760's