INTRODUCTION

Now that we have finished reading The Crucible, you are going to have a chance to examine some other instances where mass hysteria has ruined people's lives and compare them to the tragedy in Salem.  For this webquest, you will be a journalist working to expose injustices caused by mass hysteria.  Through accessing primary and secondary sources and talking to experts, you will use the webquest to find and compare the causes and effects of The Salem Witch Trials, the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Robert Roberson child abuse case.  When you have completed the webquest, you will see that mass hysteria is still very much alive more than 300 years after the Salem Witch Trials.

Click on the book below to begin the webquest!