The Salem Witch Trials
Students read a nonfiction passage about the Salem witch trials of 1692, written at 3 reading levels (6th grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the Salem witch trials and identify its central idea
- Find textual evidence showing how fear and spectral evidence shaped the outcome
- Explain the author's point of view about fair trials and how it is conveyed
- Determine the meaning of the term "spectral evidence" as used in the text