| Extra Credit Projects |
| 1.
For the serious artist only: Choose a
scene fromthe play and illustrate it. |
| 2.
Organize a performance of the scene you think is most important to the theme of the play. You might present your performance as a play, dialogue, or choral reading. |
| 3.
Compare The Crucible with a current event or
issue. You might explain the similarities you find inan essay or poem. You could also show them in a poster. |
| 4.
Write a letter to Governor Danforth about the way the trials are being conducted. You might use a petition from Mary Easty, who was later hanged for witchcraft,as your model. |
| 5.
Elizabeth Proctor survives the trials because she was pregnant. Write a dialogue in which Goody Proctor tells her child about John Proctor. |
| 6.
Design a set that could be usedin a production ofThe Crucible. (A shoebox diorama would be a good plan) |
| 7.
Prepare a list of charges described in The Crucible and the evidence used to prove them. Then interview a person with legal training about how much of this evidence would be admissible in courts today. Share your findings in a short report or summarize the interview in question/answer format. |
| 8.
Find out more about the actual events ofthe Salem trials and the real people mentioned by Miller. Then critique Miller's use of historical facts in The Crucible. |
| 9.
The Crucible has been called "an allegory of
the McCarthy era. "Prepare a chart or short report that shows the parallels between the Salem witch trials and the hearings that Senator Joseph McCarthy held before the House Un-American Activities Committee. |
| 10.
When people go to a stage production, they always receive a program. Create a program for The Crucible that includes:
|