Discovery School Salem Witch Site

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/index.html

Theme: Educational
Purpose: Simple but expansive introduction to the trials
Author: Discovery Channel
Design Elements: Elaborate, includes multimedia
Special Features: 6 minute movie, links to resources on how to teach trials
Authenticity: 4
Accuracy: 4
Navigability: 4
Scope: Wide ranging introduction
Overall Rating:

Abstract: Attempts to show what events lead up to Salem as well as the trials themselves concisely but fairly. Discusses Puritan religion and beliefs about witchcraft, factions, expectations of children in Puritan society, 6 minute multimedia movie with good images of town, biographies of Cotton Mather, Ann Putnam, Tituba, John Proctor, Mary Easty, and Sarah Good. Fair treatment of complex subject in that the site does not stereotype events or try to explain them in too much depth. Intended as an introductory educational tool.

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