This subject guide is to support your Year 11 ATAR English study of
The Crucible
Last updated 11th March 2020
60Second Recap. (2010, February 26). The Crucible – Introduction [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/bv3HMBkEZhQ
60Second Recap. (2010, January 8). The Crucible – Overview [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/bv3HMBkEZhQ
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The film (1996)
Note: The screenplay for the film is different to the original playscript.
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Suggested Reading List
5 facts about the real Salem witch hunt. (2017, May 18). National Geographic. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/salem-witch-hunt-trump-tweet/
Bigsby, C. W.E. (1984). A critical introduction to twentieth-century American drama. 2: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, E. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Brater, E. (2010). The Crucible’s Historical Parallels. In The Crucible, New Edition. Retrieved from Bloom’s Literature, http://online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=102314&itemid=WE54&articleId=1798
Carson, N. (1982). Arthur Miller. London : Macmillan.
Cunningham, J. G. (2003). The McCarthy hearings. California, U.S.A. : Greenhaven Press.
Durst Johnson, C and Johnson, V. E. (1998). Witch-hunts in the 1950s. In Understanding The Crucible : a student casebook to issues sources and historical documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Retrieved from Questia School.
Hachmeister, L., & Dohmann, F. (2011). The real American : Joe McCarthy [Video file]. Germany : HMR. retrieved from ClickView, https://clickv.ie/w/0IJh
Immell, M. (2011). The McCarthy era. Michigan, U.S.A. : Greenhaven Press.
Johnson, C. D. (1998). Understanding the crucible : a student casebook to issues sources and historical documents. California, U.S.A. : Greenwood Press.
Maltz, L. (2003). The cold war period : 1945 – 1992. California, U.S.A. : Greenhaven Press.
Marvel, L. (2003). The Salem witch trials. San Diego, California : Thomson Learning.
PBS. (2003). American Masters – Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/arthur-miller-elia-kazan-and-the-blacklist-none-without-sin-why-arthur-miller-wrote-the-crucible/5911/
The Salem Witch Trials, 1692. (2000). EyeWitness to History. Retrieved from http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm
Stewart, G. (2012). The Salem witch trials. San Diego, California : ReferencePoint Press.
SwissEduc. (2017). Miller, Arthur. Retrieved from http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/miller_arthur/index.html
The University of Virginia. (2002). Salem witch trials documentary archive. Retrieved from http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
Other Resources
General teaching resources
EDSITEment. (n.d.). Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”. Retrieved from https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/dramatizing-history-arthur-millers-crucible
PBS – American Masters – Lesson 30 – Kazan, Miller and the McCarthy era. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/education/lesson30_procedures.html