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    Imagine you are gliding through the still blue ocean‚ surrounded by your family and friends. Suddenly‚ a loud booming sound breaks through the peaceful underworld. Before you know it‚ you have been herded into a bay and sealed off from the free world. You watch and wait as others are picked and plucked from the water; they are the “lucky” ones. Next thing you know‚ a metal rod has pierced your spine‚ instantly paralysing you but not yet killing you. You are then tied to a boat by your feet and dragged

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    Salem Witch Trials In 1692

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    it something they ate? Was it smallpox? Was it a voodoo curse placed on the girl’s by a Barbados slave? The Puritan Religion beliefs might have led to the witch hysteria in 1692 Salem. The witch hunt in Salem‚ Massachusetts was not the beginning of witch hunts. In 15th Century England the first witch trials began (Early Modern Period). These acts made witchcraft a felony. The accused would be removed from the jurisdiction.

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    Motivations of Reverend Parris‚ Abigail and the Putnams The witch trials supply Reverend Parris in numerous key ways. Initially he was frightened that any indication of witchcraft be established in his home; he has been the Reverend after all‚ has not been establishing in effectively with the community. If it was established that it was his home that was the origin of witchcraft‚ he would end up being unemployed. However‚ it eventually ends up in his favor. As soon as witchcraft is found in his

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    University of Phoenix Material Arts Standards Scavenger Hunt 1. Locate an Arts standard that involves giving a performance. Label - NA-M.K-4.2 Performing on Instruments‚ Alone and With Others‚ a Varied Repertoire of Music Standard Definition – Students perform on pitch‚ in rhythm‚ with appropriate dynamics and timbre‚ and maintain a steady tempo Rationale - 2. Locate an Arts standard that relates to the higher levels—terms such as evaluate or create—of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Label

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    hundred-fifty people and execution of twenty women and men. The madness continued for over four months. The notorious witch trials of Salem‚ Massachusetts occurred from June through September. It is a brief‚ but turbulent period in history and the causes of the trials have long been a source of discussion among historians. Many try to explain or rationalize the bizarre happenings of the witch hunts and the causes that contributed to them. To understand the trials and how they came to be‚ we must first examine

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    In Exodus 22:18‚ it proclaims‚ “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!” In 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Puritans believed every word that the Bible said‚ causing the death of twenty people because they were accused of witchcraft. What caused the panic and alarm that lead to the death of twenty people in Salem? There were three causes: conflict between young girls and older women‚ lying teenagers‚ economic and political power divided between two sides of town. One possible cause could be the conflict

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    Salem Witch Trials” • 1. How do the Salem witchcraft trials fit into the historical context of witchcraft persecution? The Salem witchcraft trials fit perfectly into the historical context of witchcraft persecution. As in Salem‚ in the history of witchcraft the people that were accused of witchcraft where murdered in a brutal way. In circa 560 B.C.‚ “The Bible condemns witches.” It reads that “A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit‚ or that is a wizard‚ shall surely be put to death: they

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    Salem Witch Trial: Hangings Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trial: Hangings Theses— There were many casualties of the Salem Witch Trials and there are still many mysteries today. * Salem History and Background * Witch Craft Starting * Symptoms of Witch Craft * People Accused of Witch Craft * Trials * Hangings * End of the Witch Hunt Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trials:

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    greener on the other side‚” is a common phrase for a reason. Sir Thomas Wyatt’s poem‚ Whoso List to Hunt‚ is a classic poem of a man idealizing a woman he can’t have. The sky is the limit for society’s desires. Whoso List to Hunt is a poem about Wyatt longing for a woman rumored to be Anne Boleyn. He refers to his attempts to swoon Boleyn as a “hunt” because in the fifteenth century‚ men did not only hunt solely to put food on the table to provide for their families. Especially in the case of Wyatt

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    The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe is a wonderful example of a fictional fantasy. It is adventurous‚ full of magic‚ talking animals‚ a witch‚ mythical creatures‚ and not to mention children entering another world through a wardrobe. The author was very descriptive when talking about what the characters look like‚ their behaviors‚ and each setting that the characters were in. So much so that it could be easily pictured by the reader exactly what they characters were doing and their surrounding at

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