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MASS HYSTERIA FRONTLOADING DAY 1

MASS HYSTERIA FRONTLOADING DAY 1. JUNIORS OCTOBER 13. SWBAT define scapegoating and mass hysteria. FILL-IN ANTICIPATION GUIDE QUICK WRITE: Have you ever blamed someone for something you did? Why did you do it and did you get caught? How did you feel?

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MASS HYSTERIA FRONTLOADING DAY 1

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  1. MASS HYSTERIAFRONTLOADING DAY 1 JUNIORS OCTOBER 13

  2. SWBAT define scapegoating and mass hysteria • FILL-IN ANTICIPATION GUIDE • QUICK WRITE: • Have you ever blamed someone for something you did? • Why did you do it and did you get caught? • How did you feel? • Have you ever known about someone blaming something on someone else • Did you get involved? • If not, why not? • If you did, what did you do?

  3. SHARE RESPONSE • Let’s hear from you…

  4. GOSSIP • Is gossip good? • How can gossip be bad? • Definition • 1. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature. • 2. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts. • 3. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

  5. SCAPEGOATING • scape·goat •    /ˈskeɪpˌgoʊt/ Show Spelled[skeyp-goht] noun1. a personorgroupmade to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. • SOURCE: DICTIONARY.COM

  6. What is mass hysteria? • mass hysteria: [noun Psychology] a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.

  7. WATCH CLIP • THINK ABOUT HOW ALL THESE WORDS COULD APPLY TO THE MOVIE • GOSSIP • SCAPEGOATING • MASS HYSTERIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPYqRaOm1ak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR528E5_8yI

  8. CONNECTION • In what way do all three terms apply?

  9. HISTORICAL SEGWAY Puritanism + Witchcraft + McCarthyism + Arthur Miller

  10. PURITANISM • Christian faith that originated in England during the early 1600s • Puritans believed in predestination • They split from the Church of England in 1633 • Many emigrated to the American colonies • Their radical beliefs flourished in the new world

  11. Witchcraft in Salem • Like all Puritans, the residents of Salem Village believed in witches and in witchcraft. • They believed that witchcraft was “entering into a compact with the devil in exchange for certain powers to do evil.” • They considered witchcraft both a sin and a crime; it was a very serious accusation, which was carefully and thoroughly investigated.

  12. Witchcraft in Salem • A recently published book of the time detailed the symptoms of witchcraft; the girls’ fits were much like those described in the book. • Therefore, the Puritans of Salem were quick to believe the doctor’s diagnosis.

  13. Witchcraft in Salem • During the next eight months of terror, more than 150 people were imprisoned for witchcraft. • By the time court was dismissed, 27 people had been convicted, 19 hanged, and 1 pressed to death. • The hysteria that snowballed in Salem reveals how deep the belief in the supernatural ran in colonial America.

  14. McCarthyism • McCarthyism is the term used to describe a period of intense suspicion in the United States during the early 1950s. • It began when Senator Joseph McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, claimed that communists had infiltrated the Department of State. • A special House Committee on Un-American Activities was formed to investigate allegations of communism. • During this period, people from all walks of life became the subjects of aggressive “witch hunts” often based on inconclusive, questionable evidence.

  15. ALLEGORY • an extended metaphor in which a person, abstract idea, or event stands for itself and for something else. It usually involves moral or spiritual concepts which are more significant than the actual narrative. • The term is from the Greek allegoria, a joining of two other Greek words: allos, meaning “other”, and agoreuein, meaning “to speak.” • Other famous allegories Animal Farm

  16. McCarthyism • Persons accused of being communists were often denied employment in both the public and private sector. • In the film industry alone, over 300 actors, writers, and directors were denied work in the U.S. • American writer, Arthur Miller, was one of those alleged to have been “blacklisted.”

  17. McCarthyism • McCarthy’s influence finally faltered in 1954 when a famous CBS newsman, Edward R. Murrow, aired an investigative news report which revealed McCarthy as dishonest in his speeches and abusive in his interrogation of witnesses. • The public was finally made aware of how McCarthy was ruining the reputations of many individuals through false accusations of communism. Edward R. Murrow

  18. EXIT SLIP • How can a “witch hunt” happen in a modern society? • Would this happen today? • Do you think Miller took a risk writing this play?

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