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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. A play with more than meets the eye!. Arthur Miller’s play premiered in 1953. Check out what else was going on in 1953: http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=108&review=yes# 965
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible A play with more than meets the eye!
Arthur Miller’s play premiered in 1953. • Check out what else was going on in 1953: • http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#965 • And see this map too: http://flatrock.org.nz/static/frontpage/assets/history/cold_war_map.jpg • What was happening in the world after World War II?
Communism Scare • Check out how people felt about communism: • http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#946 • How did people react to communism? • What did the government do about the fear of communism?
Why were people so scared? • Check out the Alger Hiss story: • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhiss.htm • Why was this event so troubling to the American people? What did it seem to prove to them?
The Rise of Joe McCarthy • Check out Senator Joe McCarthy: • http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#974 • How did Joe McCarthy make himself known? • Why did he make himself known?
McCarthy’s claim • Check out what McCarthy claimed to the American public: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456 • What does McCarthy claim? • How does he make his argument sound convincing to the American public? • What does he say that makes it sound “bad” to go against him?
McCarthy Hearings • Check out how Senator McCarthy went about “proving” his claims: http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=108&review=yes#969 • What sort of proof did McCarthy use for his claims? • Why might people have believed his proof at first?
Reaction to McCarthyism • Check out this video from President Truman: Follow the link, scroll after the picture to the small letters saying “Truman on McCarthy.mpg” • What was Truman afraid people might do with McCarthy’s accusations? • How did Truman want the American people to act?
Connect with The Crucible • Take out your theme HW from last night – look at the themes you found in the story. Do any of those themes run through the events with Senator McCarthy? How so? Explain in complete sentences? • How might the stories of the Crucible and McCarthyism be similar? Make a Venn diagram that shows the similarities and differences between the Crucible and the events of the 1950s.