Learning+Objectives+for+The+Crucible

// Learning Objectives: //
 * Identify and understand the conventions of a drama
 * Understand and apply the elements of characterization
 * Identify and analyze the elements of storytelling (plot, character, setting, conflict, irony, foil)
 * Identify and analyze significant quotes in a piece of literature
 * Understand the difference and significance of an “American Tragedy” vs. a Classical/Shakespearean Tragedy
 * Evaluate the concept of individual honor
 * Ponder the differences between history and literature by comparing facts with the fictional or dramatic treatments of the facts
 * Examine the historical context of a consciously historical work of literature and consider the ways in which an historical event and a work of literature may mean different things for different generations of citizen readers.
 * View and note similarities between 1692 Puritan New England and the United States during the Red Scare years of the 1950’s
 * Become aware of and will be given insights into the nature of intolerance, persecution and moral panic
 * Research, analyze, evaluate, write and present on historical or other examples, which might parallel the work of Arthur Miller in //The Crucible//