Witch-hunting for Dummies Project

Create a pamphlet that gives instructions on how to stir up a witch hunt. Although your stated purpose is to show people how to spawn a witch-hunt, your true purpose is to help your reader know how to identify a witch hunt mentality and how to counteract it.

Your project must do the following:

1.     Accurately illustrate 5-7 instances of logical fallacies used in The Crucible. You should not only identify the logical fallacies but also explain why they are fallacious.

2.     Show how rational people can psychologically obligate themselves into believing in the witch-hunt. Why are they unwilling to see the flaws in their own logic? (i.e., How do personal guilt, public shame, and private agendas fuel the flames of a witch-hunt? Why does Hale feel bound to not question the witch-hunt at first? Why does Mary Warren join the witch-hunt and why does she rejoin it? Why does Danforth feel it necessary to uphold the court? and so on…)

3.     Explain the proper sequence for escalating witch hysteria, based on the sequence in The Crucible. How do you “cook a frog” by gradually turning up the heat?

4.     Explain the tactics of enemies of the witch-hunt. Explain examples of how 2 characters oppose the witch-hunt.

5.     Modernize the concept of witch-hunting. Show how in modern days, a witch-hunt may be conducted in the name of rooting out discrimination/intolerance. Give 2 examples from current events.

6.     Use illustrations or images to add interest. It should be visually appealing/fun.

7.     Have a professional appearance, be organized with headings, and appealing formatting.

8.     Communicate with correct grammar (Proofread carefully!).

Due Date: Friday, October 4