Monday, September 10, 2018

September 10, 2018 - Day 17

EQ: What is Puritan Plain Style, and describe the daily lives of the Puritans.

The daily life was extremely harsh. It was waking up before the sun, tending to the garden, cooking meals for the children, building a kitchen table, mending a fence, working until well after the sun went down in the evening, and doing it all over again the next day.


Witch Hunt

  1. Who are the Puritans at war with?
    1. Native Americans
  2. Who do the Indians pray to?
    1. devil
  3. Who is the minister?
    1. Reverend Hale
  4. What were they fighting over?
    1. money, land, religion
  5. What do people fight over today?
    1. same things they fought over back then
  6. What is different about 1792 and today?
    1. technology
  7. What is arguably the strongest human emotion?
    1.  greed
  8. Why does slavery exist?
    1. greed
  9. Where do most slaves from Africa go?
    1. Brazil
  10. What does discipline look like in 1692?
    1. belt, wooden spoon, switch, whip
  11. Why does torture not work well?
    1. you'll say anything to get it to stop
  12. PTSD what is it?
    1. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Character List 
  • Ruth - 11 - cannot wake up
  • Betty - 11- cannot wake up (Parris' daughter)
  • Tituba - slave of Parris
  • Parris - minister
  • Abigail - Parris' niece, killed chicken, drank blood


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