The Crucible and the McCarthy Era

Pathfinder for English 11B

Task
Definition

Information
Seeking
Strategies

Location
and
Access

Use of
Information

Synthesis

Evaluation

Task Definition: What am I supposed to do?

The objectives of this assignment are:

to develop an understanding of the inspiration for Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
to practice research skills learned during the inquiry unit.
to practice good summarizing skills in oral communication.
to practice good note-taking skills.

Library/Media Center Assignment:

Pick a category from the topics listed below
Complete as much research as possible during the three class visits to the Media Center.
Create note and source cards on your topic. You will need three sources,
including one electronic and one encyclopedia.
Create a Works Cited list.

Class Assignment:

Give a 3-5 minute talk to the class on your selected topic, stressing the important points so that the audience understands the essence of your topic. Students will be taking notes on each presentation.
Take an open-note quiz on the various topics.

Topics

The life and political career of Joseph R. McCarthy	Alger Hiss	Harry Gold
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)	The Cold War - What it was	Klaus Fuchs
The Hollywood Ten	Cold War Hysteria - How it was reflected in the United States	David Greenglass
Martin Dies	Korean War	Roy Cohn
The Anti-Communist purges under Truman and Eisenhower	Red-Baiting	The effect of the HUAC hearings on Hollywood
Blacklisting	Victims of Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television -- Jean Muir, Paul Draper, Phillip Loeb	J. Edgar Hoover and the Communist scare
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg	Communist Party in America in 1950s	Dean Acheson
Army-McCarthy Hearings	Americans for Democratic Action	American Civil Liberties Union
American Legion	Elizabeth Bentley	Bertolt Brecht
William F. Buckley, Jr.	Harry P. Cain	Whittiker Chambers
Charles Spencer Chaplin	Chiang Kai-shek	Congress of Industrial Orgainizations
Congress of Industrial Organizations	Declaration of Conscience	William O. Douglass
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois	John Foster Dulles	Albert Einstein
Dwight David Eisenhower	James W. Fulbright	Harry Gold
Samuel Goldwyn	Samuel Dashiell Hammett	Lillian Hellman
J. Edgar Hoover	Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr.	Hydrogen Bomb
Internal Security Act of 1950	Lyndon Baines Johnson	Elia Kazan
John F. Kennedy, Jr.	Owen Lattimore	Douglass Mac Authur
Mao Tse-tung	George Catlitt Marshall	Arthur Miller
Edward R. Murrow	J. Robert Oppenheimer	Barfield Bromley Oxnam
Linus C. Pauling	Drew Pearson	Ronald Reagan
Walter REuther	Paul Robeson	Eleanor Roosevelt
Ana Marie Rosenberg		Gerald David Shine
Pete Seeger	Margaret Chase Smith	Adlai E. Stevenson
Joseph Stalin	Harry S. Truman	Millard E. Tydings
John Carter Vincent	Earl Warren	Arthur V. Watkins
Joseph Nye Welch	Francis Walter	Yates v. Supreme Court

Information Seeking Strategies: What are the possible sources I can use?

BOOKS - ONLINE REFERENCES - INTERNET SITES

Location and Access: Where will I find these sources?

SUBSCRIPTION WEBSITES

E-Books

FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, THE FOLLOWING CALL NUMBERS WILL BE HELPFUL:

322.4 ROW 940.55 HAR

327.1 GLY 973.918 KIL (Encyclopedia of the McCarthy Era)

351.9 COH 973.92 HAL

812 MIL 973.921 GOL

909.82 HEA 92 (Biography)

Use of Information: How will I record the information?

• Pick a category from the topics.
• Complete as much research as possible during the class visits to the Media Center.
• Create note and source cards on your topic. You will need three sources,
including one electronic and one encyclopedia.
• Create a Works Cited list.

Synthesis: How is the information best presented?

• Give a 3-5 minute talk to the class on your selected topic, stressing the important points so that the audience understands the essence of your topic. Students will be taking notes on each presentation.
• Take an open-note quiz on the various topics.

Evaluation: The finished assignment fulfills task.

• Information found matches information needed?
• Work is handed in on time.

Return to Media Center Home Page

322.4 ROW	940.55 HAR
327.1 GLY	973.918 KIL (Encyclopedia of the McCarthy Era)
351.9 COH	973.92 HAL
812 MIL	973.921 GOL
909.82 HEA	92 (Biography)