Date: School: Facilitator: 5.02 Scopes Trial Directions: Use the primary source material provided within the lesson to complete the chart below. Who supported the Butler Act? Who opposed the Butler Act? State of Tennessee Fundamentalists William Jennings Bryan (defended the state of TN during the trial) John Scopes American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Clarence Darrow (defended Scopes during the trial) Select one of the 5 sources that support the Butler Act
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1. Call to adventure a. This that relates directly to the main character and developed him by making him a learned person and gave him experiences that are valuable and some great advice from his father. b. This step drove plot forward because he some very basic information about the task the character is about to face the future. c. This step came in the proper order as outlined in the handout d. This is an adaptation of the idea in the idea because it came after some detailed background introduction
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“The Zimmerman Trial” On February 26‚ 2012‚ George Zimmerman‚ a Hispanic and neighborhood watch volunteer was patrolling the retreat at Twin Lakes‚ a Townhouse Development in Florida. At 7:09 pm Zimmerman called a non-emergency police response line‚ reporting a suspicious person walking about. The person whom Zimmerman saw was 17 year old Trayvon Martin‚ who was walking back to his father’s fiancé’s house from a convenience store‚ with nothing on him but a pack of candy and a drink. At 7: 13
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In The Crucible‚ an adaption of the events of one of the darkest moments in the history of the United States‚ the Salem Witch Trials‚ many of those being accused of witchcraft are women. This is result of the predominance of Puritanism‚ a sect of protestantism that sought to make their dream of a perfect world a reality. The following aspects of the Puritanism’s ideal world will be focused on: women being seen as morally inferior to men‚ and being expected to be clinging-vine brides whose only role
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the Salem Witch trials and left a lasting impression on history of what paranoia can do to people. The tragedy is now a play called “the Crucible by: Arthur Miller in the Crucible the most accountable person for the trials in the play is shown to be Abigail Williams. Abigail’s lying and acting is what began the witch trials not only that she is the ringleader for the so called “bewitched girls of Salem”. The first and most important reason Abigail is the main cause of the witch trials is
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The Crucible Essay In novella of The Crucible by Arthur Miller the implications can be inferred regarding the scapegoat phenomenon in America today in how we perceive people getting accused of things they are not doing. For instance Muslims are considered bad people only because they had a few terrorist people in their population. The key lessons from the period of time during The Crucible reflects how we could have learned differently. Several people were accused of witchcraft most times they had
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Arthur Miller’s modern play The Crucible‚ takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials‚ in which the theocracy in the Puritan community causes mass hysteria during the accusations of witchcraft against citizens. Abuse of legal authority is viewed throughout the play‚ and social issues of intolerance are evident. Arthur Miller’s characterization of Thomas Putnam‚ Mary Warren‚ and John Proctor exemplify their purpose‚ motivation‚ and character traits. In the beginning of the play
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Williams Hayes 11/12/13 B4 How does Arthur Miller use a specific character to portray how people solve or fail to solve moral problems? A crucible refers to a container made of a substance that can resist great heat‚ for melting. In “The Crucible” the author uses characters that have moral problems that they either solve or fail to solve. John Proctor‚ Abigail‚ and Reverend Hale are considered the main characters in “The Crucible”. Abigail’s moral problem is lying. Abigail failed to solve her
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beginning to act as a mob by using characters of mobs do to this. We find out one of the characteristics of a mob in this summary of how they formed a large group over time. The citizens of salem are being suspicious of witchcraft and forming a large group in parris’s house.In the scene people bargde intp parrises house and began to discuss witchcraft and how his granddaughter is sick. More people
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right and wrong. In the Crucible‚ the idea of conscience in strongly emphasized. Miller himself said‚ "No critic seemed to sense what I was after [which was] the conflict between a man’s raw deeds and his conception of himself; the question of whether conscience is in fact an organic part of the human being‚ and what happens when it is handed over not merely to the state or the mores of the time but to one’s friend or wife." The idea of conscience in the play The Crucible is based very much on
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