Salem Possessed Lesson Plan

Why we should care about Thomas and Joseph Putnam and their descendants

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will complete a self-inquiry exercise, a classwide discussion, a research task, and a presentation in exploration of the links between past history and the present day.

Structure:

To begin, students will complete a brief self-inquiry task. The whole class may be instructed to take out a pen/pencil and paper and reflect and respond to a series of questions that may be read out by the teacher (or, the questions may be printed on a handout or projected at the front of the room). The...