Prereading
PDFs of each Act
Audio File
Guided Reading Questions (Web Handouts)
- Anticipation Guide
- Simulation of the Salem Witch Trials (National Geographic)
- SparkNotes Summaries and Analysis
- Cast of Characters from 60SecondReCap
- Crucible Character Map
PDFs of each Act
- Author Intro, McCarthyism, Background of Salem, & Act I (dialogue, stage directions, character motives)
- Act 2 (allusion, historical context)
- Act 3 (dramatic and verbal irony, logical fallacy)
- Act 4 (theme, extended metaphor)
Audio File
- The Crucible Audiobook (Act 2 -- 33:00; Act 3 -- 59:53; Act 4 -- 1:29:30)
Guided Reading Questions (Web Handouts)