Daily Log

Thursday, April 28

Students talked in pairs, then wrote down points of comparison between the Hollywood blacklist, which they learned about in yesterday's documentary film, and The Crucible,
We then discussed the similarities we caame up with and what it was in the Salem witch trials 0f 1693 which Arthur Miller found most relevant to his, and others', experiences in the 1950's.

HW due Monday:
Quiz over the entire play.

HW due next Friday (May 6):
Completed character booklets.


Wednesday, April 27

Students watched, and took notes on, the beginning of None Without Sin, a documentary about the origins of The Crucible: Arthur Miller's experience with the Hollywood blacklist of the early 1950's.