STANDARD 1.B.

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

ARTIFACT:

NAME:
DATE:
PERIOD:

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - THE CRUCIBLE ACT I

LEVEL ONE: RECALL

1. Thus far, what does Reverend Parris have to lose?

2. How does his fear drive the plot in Act 1?

LEVEL TWO: INFER

everend Hales presence help the situation in Salem or

3. Does R
make i t worse? Why?

4. How does Reverend Hales presence empower the other characters

in Act 1?

LEVEL THREE: DEVELOP

BASED ON YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE, RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

What elements existed or were created within the community to allow

the witch hunt to begin?
RATIONALE: This artifact demonstrates my content knowledge - as
it shows my knowledge of The Crucible, which was the first unit
we covered in English 11. For Act I, I had students answer
multiple in depth questions about two of the major characters in
the play: Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale. These questions
were separated out by levels of thinking and were meant to
scaffold up to the final question.