Choose ONE of the online newspapers created by Ms. Mannering's project groups and spend fifteen minutes browsing through the various pages (you can find the period 3-4 newspaper HERE and the period 8-9 newspaper HERE). When have finished reading the newspaper, create a post that contains three things you learned from your reading and one question you have for the authors.
Remember:
You should include ONLY your first name and your class period (NO LAST NAMES) at the end of your blog post.
Also, remember to be positive and detailed in your responses!
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PERIOD 8/9
I learned that....
the puritans wore only dark earth tones instead of bright colors in their clothing.
there were 8 people hung on September 22, 1692. (thats a lot for one day!!!!)
the accusations and deaths of higher people, worked against the girls making them look wrong about their accusations.
Do you think that you have learned how to write an article better than before?
-Amelia PD 3/4
I learned that the fear of witches began in 560 BC.
I learned that everyone belived that the kids were bewitched because they never had that type of personality and also they were religious and they knew that lying was sinning to god.
I also learned that it got very cold at church and you could even get frost bitten because of the cold weather conditions. And you also had to be at church for a very long time.
One question that i have is were the products that were advertized real products or just made up?
Emanuela period 8/9
i learned that it was verry rainy and cold back then. that if you stuck with the fact that you wernt a witch if you where acussed of one you would be sent to the gallows.a lot of common instruments are violas and fiddles.some people thought when two little girl's got sick form rotton corn people thought that they where taken over by the devel. my question is do you think that this can actualy be true and if something liek this could happen in the future?
brandon period 3-4
I never knew that people had really been trying to convince ithers that people being accused of witchcraft were innocent. I always assumed that they would just go laong with it, except for maybe the individual who was being accused, who would most likely defend themself.
I alsao thought that the only time when people were accusing eachother of witchcraftwas in the colonial period. However, while reading the newpaper written by Ms. Mannering's 3-4 period, I learned that people were afraid of witchcraft as early as 560 B.C.E.
Finally, I learned that a big reason why the Salem Witch Trials began was because of certain people's behavior during prayers, which seemed to be the devil's handiwork. This meant that they were tied with the devil, and that they were obviously bad, and they were also "obviously" witches.
One question I do have, though, is why are they accused of witchcraft, if they are tied with the devil? I never knew of witches and devils to belong together, except maybe on Halloween. If I were in power in a situation like that, I would assume they were descendants of the devil or something like that, not witches.
-Steven, period 8-9
I learned lots of things from the period 3/4 newspaper, the Salem Chronicles.
I didn’t know that any dogs were killed in the Salem Witch Trials.
I had no idea that there had been a fear of witches way back in 560 B.C.
I learned that if an accused witch confesses to witchcraft, they are considered to be in the “Hand of God” and have seeked mercy from him so they are set free.
The one question I have is: Who were all of the victimized girls and what happened to them after the Salem Witch Trials ended?
- Julie PD 8/9
Period 8/9
I learned that the day the girls acted up in church there was a new person who made a speech about the devil. That could've have made the girls accuse more people.
I learned that the girls accused Sarah Good and Sarah Osbourne becease they did not want anyone to know that Tituba was bewitching them.
I learned that puritans wear earth tone colors not bright, bold colors
Was is hard to make up articles on things that were not just facts like a weather article or an interwiew?
-Natalie PD 8/9
Period 8/9
1. Tituba immeadiately confessed that she was a witch, probably because Reverend Parris beat her and forced her to tell, so that his daughter and niece would not get into any more trouble
2. The Puritans got as far as accusing a four year old girl, becuase her mother was Sarah Good.
3. Most of the people accused of being witches were women.
If a father knew that his son or daughter was a witch how would he act torwards his child?
-Liana 3-4
Three things i learned were...
In salem they had sports like, dancing and playing instruments, their money was called Shillings, and they invented the wheelbarrow.
One question i have is, when was the wheelbarrow invented?
-Ryan Per. 3/4
from the period 3/4 newspaper
I learned that Rebbeca Nurse was christened on the 21st of Febuary 1621 and she was sentanced to hang on the 19th of July 1693 .
I also learned that some thought that the girls were afflicted by corn fungus while others thought that they were afflicted by the devil.
I also learned That in Geneva Switzerland Athorities burned 500 witches at the stake in the year 1515.
I wondered why the newspaper is set up the way it is.
Salem Chronicles Period 3/4
I learned that...
1)There has been a fear of witches existing since 560 B.C. and by the 14th and 15th centuries there were about 40,000 to 50,000 people killed in Europe, because they were thought to be witches.
2)Dogs were known as witch hunters and many people used dogs to tell if people were witches. Dogs would bark at someone if they were witches.
3)It was better to admit you were a witch than to deny everything and say you weren't a witch.
Question: What was the hardest thing about making a newspaper?
-Sarah Period 3/4
I am using the newpaper of the period 3-4 class for the information that I learned. Three of the many things I learned are as follows:
-Sarah Osbourne(one of the first accused witches) married her own indentured servant a year after her husband died!
-After the witch trials were all over only ONE of the many people who were responsible publicly apologized(that was Samual Seward).
-Reverend Paris was replaced after by a young man after the witch trials were over.
Do you think that it was harder trying to write a newspaper from the Puritans point of view and in their language (tis, thy etc.)?
Amartya, Period 3-4
I learned that people didn't like to just lay around and wait for something to happen.
I learned that people didn't like the laws that were put down on them
I learned that if you were accused of being a witch and denied it, you would be killed.
Is it really true that to get a confession out of someone, people would put stones on your chest until you confessed or got crushed?
-Rachel 3-4
I learned that the salem chronicles began when some girls acted strange during church. People belived there was a use of witchescraft way back during 560 B.C. I also learned that there were 40,000 to 50,000 accused of doing witchcraft.
Why did the girls act strange and what happened to them after the trial end.
Ellen per. 8-9
I learned that...
1. Eight people were hung on September 22, 1692 (thats a large number for a small place)
2. One baby bot was born in prison to Elizabeth proter.
3. Reverend George Burroughs was one of the people that were hung.
Do you think that Tituba was really a witch or the girls were looking for attention?
Kira period 8-9
I learned that if you owned a black cat or where not white u could be accused of whitch craft and that if you said you were ba witch you would not die.
My one question is did they have baby sitters back then
-Amol Period 8/9
I read the Period 3/4 newspaper.
One thing I learned from the newspaper was how the weather usually was in Salem.
I also learned that people thought that the girls were under the influence of corn fungus when they were "possessed."
Lastly, I learned some things about what happened after the witch trials ended.
A question is "what happened to the Girls after the Trials ended?"
Thanks,
Homum Period 8/9
Period 8/9
In the period 8/9 newspaper I learned that you can be accused of being a witch if your child owns a rag doll or if you are a widow.
I also learned that men wore a full skirted coat in the winter in Salem Village.
One of the many other things I learned was that if Elizabeth and Abigail aren't going to accuse you, you should never look a witch or wizard directly in the eye otherwise the girls may accuse you.
Was the real estate advertised really for sale around that period of time?
Daniel pd 3/4
Period 8-9 Newspaper
I learned that people called Elizabeth, Betty, if people were witches, they could talk to animals, and that Dorcas Good gave evidence aginst her own mother, in which she did not hesitate to. My question is: was the overall making of the newspaper hard?
Beverly
Period 8-9
I learned that when Tituba had told the stories to the group of girls, the girls started acting like they were in a trance, and that the girls were acting like they were being pricked with pins.
I learned that the whole Salem witch trials started in Reverend Samuel's (the Salem minister) kitchen.
I learned that the women only wore gray, or maybe black. Also the men would wear full-skirted coats.
One question I have is where did you get all of the information, more books or more searching on the web?
-Willa, Period 3-4
I learned that if you admitted that you were a witch or wizard you wouldn't get sent to jail or sentenced to death. I also learned that money in Salem was called Shilling. I did not know that over 40,000 people where killed for being accused of witchcraft.
-Tommy
period 8-9
-One thing I thought was interesting was that Tituba confessed that she was a witch, only because Rev Parris beat her. He wanted her to confess so that his daughters were not accused of being liars.
-Another thing I learned was that if you were a widow you were accused of being a witch.
-I also learned that the devil could come back to earth in any shape or form.
Question: How come their were only a couple of men being accused of being wizard?
Tara Period 8-9
I learned that:
Dorcas Good confessed that both she and her mother, Sarah Good, were witches,
whenever one of the accused witches would turn their head or scratch their face, the girls that had accused them would copy them exactly
and one of the girls that started the trials apologized for her behavior after the whole thing was over.
How much research did you have to do to make the articles?
-Helen PD 8+9
Even when being in the newspaper myself, I learned a few things from the other period's newspaper:
- British laws limited the different trade routes to only a few including the Salem Harbor, and the harbor in Boston
- Weather back in the late 1600's was pretty darn cold. The typical day usually included dark clouds, rain showers, or below freezing temperatures
- The daughter of Sarah Good, at only four years old was put on trial for practicing witchcraft
And finally, my question to the period 8-9 class is : Doesn't it seem just a little bit strange that not one revolt resulted in violence?
John Lin Period 3-4
I learned that when you are accused of being a witch, your land is sold cheaply in the real estate business.
I also learned that Spectral Evidence was no longer accepted in the New Court.
The last thing I learned was that there was one child born in jail during the Salem Witch Trials.
I wanted to know why (in the per. 8/9 class, "Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live",) you aren't supposed to look a witch or wizard directly in the eye. What would happen?
-Anastasia, per. 3/4
The three things I learned were as fallows....
1)A witch could be sent to an exameners to see if she had the devils mark.
2)Witches were accused for everything that went wrong. I really enjoyed Eric's weather report.
3)Rebecca Nurse always went to church.
My question is were the people overly paranoid, or was this normal behavoir?
Jeane Em per. 3-4
Period 8-9
Things I learned
1. Puritans only wore dark earth tones on their clothing.
2.One person was born in prison.
3. If your child owns a rag doll you are a witch.
What happened to the accusers at the end?
Benjamin Period 3-4
When I read the period 8/9 newspaper I didnt learn very much because i did the newspaper as well, but I thought that they did their newspaper really well.
if i didnt know, i would the first thing I would learn was how the trials started because they put it really clearly on the first page.
i learned that dorcas good was conviccted and sent to a boston prison to await hanging.
i also learned that farmers went into the village to sell crops most days.
a question i have is: did you have a lot of problems getting the newspaper to work with dreamweaver?
-erica period 3/4
I read per 3-4 newspaper, one thing I wanted to know was were the people predicting the weather accurate, and did they rely get such bad weather all the time. I learned that people would accuse almost anyone of being a witch even people who had already been proved innocent of witchcraft. Some other interesting things I learned was that after the witch trials ended most the judges didn’t admit to doing any thing wrong and yet got off fairly easily. Also apparently witchcraft runs in the family like when Rebecca Nurse was accused so were her sisters.
Audrey per 3-4
In the period 8-9 newspaper, i learned that:
you could be a witch if your hair was too curly, too long, too straight, too nappy, too dark, or too light.
Dorcas Good was smart for a four-year old because she knew what to say in her trial and willingly gave evidence to the court that her own mother was a witch just to save her (Dorcas) life. She even told the court about the snake bite (which might have been not true).
Tituba did not die. Instead, she was kept in jail. Then she was sold back into slavery when all the prisoners were released from jail.
Couldn't the court, the ministers, etc. just purify those people who said they were innocent just to make sure they weren't witches?
Catherine, p.3-4
Period 8/9
1. Tituba confessed that she was a witch because Reverend Parris may have beat her and forced her to confess so that his daughter and niece would not be accused of lying.
2. Nineteen villagers were accused of being witches in just one week! People are always looking and trying to accuse people of witchcraft.
3. If someone had a witches mark, mole, wart, pimple, three nipples, hair too curly, too long, too straight, too nappy, too dark, too light, and could float when they were thrown into the water,could fly, could cast spells, did not believe in God, were not able to recite the Lord's Prayer, were able to talk to animals, were jealous, owned a black cat, were poor and disliked in the community, did not go to church, were not white, have had déjà vu, their neighbor's crop would not grow, were a widow, and their child owned a rag doll, then they could be accused of being a witch!
Question for the authors: About how long did forming the webpage take?
-Danny, Period 8/9
I read the period 8/9 newspaper
I learned that many people thought the witch trials started with abigail willams and elizabeth parris when rev. parris slave tituba told them "scary" stories the doctors thought they were possed by the devil.
I also learned that if you admitted to being a with or a wizard ( a male witch in their sense) you wouldn't be killed it would be between you and god but if you said you were not a witch they would do all kinds of tests on you and usually killing you.
finally i learned that 4 year old dorcas good admitted to being a witch so she could be in jail with her mother.
you guys did a awesome job!
my one question for you guys is
What do you think would have happened if they had acussed one of the higher people like a judge?
-Sam PD 3/4
I learned that if your hair is not a certain way you're a witch.
If you have any pimples you are a witch
If you don't believe in god you're a witch
If you're a widow you're a witch
Who told the girls about witches, not stories about witches but that they existed and that there was such a thing?
maya period 3/4
I learned that...
1) Some people believed that the girls (meaning Abigail and Betty, etc..) were under the influence of corn fungus.
2) That one of the main factors that fueled the trials was politics!
3) That Rebecca Nurse was arrested the 19th of March for being a "witch."
My Question is...
Did they actually have sports? And what are they?
Caroline 8/9
The period 3-4 newspaper had a lot of different information than the 8-9’s newspaper that I worked on. I learned several things about Rebecca Nurse. I learned that she was seventy-one. I was very surprised to learn how old she actually was. The other thing I learned about Rebecca Nurse was that both of her sisters were accused of witchcraft. They are an example of how if one person in the family was thought to be a witch, the whole family was thought to have practiced witchcraft.
Another thing I learned about was the history of witches. It said in the article at the bottom of the “headlines” page that initial fear of witches started in 560 B.C.E. It also said that forty thousand-fifty thousand “witches” were killed in Europe by the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
A third area of the newspaper where I learned something new was the “sports” page. I learned that in their free time people in Salem played music on instruments like violas. Women usually embroidered during the free time. This makes it seem like it really wasn’t free time, but an enjoyable chore.
I would like to ask the authors of the newspaper: After doing all the research you did, do you think that the girls who were accusing people were totally bad, or not that bad?
Hannah period 8-9
i learned that the people thought bad weather was caused by witches.
i learned that people sometimes slept in church and had to be waken up by a squirrel stick.
i learned that on sunday i was illegal to work.
did you learn more about the trials or about how to make a newspaper during this project
chumin PD 8/9
I read the 3-4 period newspaper. Having just completed the Crucible, most of the names were old to me, but it surprised me as to just how well-researched the book was. It was also nice to learn about the reactions of the crowd to the hangings of different people, which varied with the person's status in society. I also found out that the "main things that fueled the trials were politics, religion, family feuds, economics, and the imaginations and fears of the people." I was shocked to find out that so much was behind the trails. Along with Emanuela, I learned that the persecution of witches began in 560 B.C.E.
Is there anywhere we can find a bibliography to learn more about the trials? I could not find one on the web page.
-Natalia, 3-4
I learned that Sarah Good, an accused "witch" was disliked in her community because she begged for food, water, and shelter relentlessly. When she was sent to jail, so was her 4-year-old daughter, Dorcas.
I learned that the accused who pled innocent were punished, and the accused who pled guilty were not punished but shunned by the community. (That doesn't make very much sense if the point is to eliminate the witches...)
I learned that after all of the trials were done, most of the judges did not apologize or admit that they were wrong. Only one of the girls publicly apologized, and she went on to lead a most unfortunate life.
Some ways people "identified" witches were if they had hair that was too curly, straight, long, short, light, or dark, or if their clothes were too bright, if their children didn't play with a certain kind of toy, if they were poor or disliked, or if they did not go to church. Is this a way the ministers of the community could have forced the community members to conform?
Stefania P.3-4
Adam P.D. 8-9
Some interesting facts that i learned from Ms.Mannerings period 8-9 class.
I did not know that 8 people were hung on September 22, 1692. I was awestruck by that. such a large number of accusations that were ruled just and fair!
People were physically punished with a squirrel tail whenever they acted "unholy" during a sermon. (I wonder where that tradition originated?)
I never knew that there were so many "symptoms" for being a witch. Including the fact that some of these statements, or "symptoms" are a very common factor in everyday life, It's completely horrifying!
THE LIST:
If you float when you are thrown into water,
If you are able to talk to animals,
If you can fly,
If you cast spells,
If you do not believe in God,
If you are not able to recite the Lord’s Prayer,
If you have three nipples,
If you are very jealous,
If you own a black cat,
If you are poor and disliked in the community,
If you do not go to church,
If you are not white,
If your hair is too curly, too long, too straight, too nappy, too dark, or too light,
If you have ever had déjà vu,
If your neighbor’s crop will not grow,
If you are a widow,
If your child owns a rag doll.
I have one question for the authors of this very informative article, and answer this truthfly. if you were a citizen of the community at that period of time would you confess to witchcraft and risk your life or would you try to defend your right as a citizen? your social class would be average. you have a wife/husband and 3 children, another is on the way. you have performed a very small amount of "unholy" acts and you have a above decent reputation with the villagers. what would your choice be?
The third and fourth periods was formatted a little differently. Their newspaper had a lot more wanted sighs then mine. They had pictures of witches everywhere in the newspaper.
Tony
i learned that people started to fear witches in 560 BC. i also learned that in the 14th and 15ths 40,000 50,000 killed in Europe. i also learned the people of the town have been ordered to wait for God to give mercy on the girls and fight the devil out of them.
if you were suspected to be a witch what would you do?
Joey per 3/4
Monica, Per. 8/9 (I read 3/4)
I was surprised to learn that they believed dogs could tell if people are witches. I guess a lot of people had dogs back then, because they were also good foot warmers.
I hadn't known until I read an article (How the Witch Trials Ended) that Anne Putnam Jr. had accused 60 people of being witches!
I found it amusing that all bad weather was blamed on witches!
My question is why is the page, "October 31st" only visible on one page? It's not there on the others.
I read period 3-4s newspaper.
I learned that violas, fiddles, dulcimers and lutes were popular instruments in Salem. I also learned that people blamed the typically bad winter weather on witches. The main factors that caused people to accuse others of witchcraft were politics, religion, economics, family feuds, and fears of other people.
In the "headline news" section (at the very end) it says "about 1640 things started to die out." What are the "things?"
-Shira, period 3-4
I learned that the people have been accusing each other of witchcraft since 560 BC. I learned that people could be accused of being a witch by even praying wrong. I also learned that if you would not confess to being a witch, you would be killed.'
One question I have is, were the girls that accused most of the people punished?
Eric, period 3-4
HERE IS MY SECOND BLOG POST:
One thing that I learned from the per. 3-4 newspaper was that Rebecca Nurse was baptized on the 21st day of February in 1621. One other thing is that on October 31 when all the accused witches were released from prison, Reverend Samuel Parris refused to go to the jailhouse and get Tituba. One question I have for the authors is what did men do for work.
(because I was in the newspaper group myself I only did two things that I learned like you told those of us that are in the newspaper group.)
Lili Per. 8-9
From the Period 3-4 Newspaper:
I learned people were accused of witchcraft as early as 560 B.C., which was significantly earlier than the Salem Witch Trials in the late 1600's. Long before Salem, many innocent people were killed in Switzerland and Italy.
I learned that some people believed that the afflicted girls were under the influence of corn fungus. (I do not know if that was a joke.)
I learned that Bridget Bishop was accused twice before the Salem Witch Trials; once in 1679 and once in 1687, but was found innocent both times.
Q. Did you learn more about newspapers after making this one or still know the same?
-Laura Period 8-9
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