Myths and Monty Python: Using the Witch-Hunts to Introduce Students to Significance

In this article Kerry Apps introduces students to the significance of the witch-hunts in the modern era, at the time when they occurred, and in the middle of the eighteenth century. She presents her rationale for choosing the witch-hunts as a focus for the study of significance, and shows how her th...

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Published in:	Teaching history (London) 2018-03 (170), p.8
Main Author:	Apps, Kerry
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	17th century Case Studies Controversial Issues (Course Content) Foreign Countries Historical Interpretation History education Learning Learning Activities Misconceptions Reflective Teaching Secondary School Students Teaching Methods Teaching Models Thinking Skills Transformative Learning Values Education Witchcraft
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Summary:	In this article Kerry Apps introduces students to the significance of the witch-hunts in the modern era, at the time when they occurred, and in the middle of the eighteenth century. She presents her rationale for choosing the witch-hunts as a focus for the study of significance, and shows how her thinking about her teaching has evolved through her evaluation of her students' learning, and her own re-teaching, over time. At the heart of this article is a character-based activity based on a real witch-hunt from 1651 Massachusetts, which brings home to students the nature of accusations of witchcraft during the seventeenth century. (A list of notes and references is included.)
ISSN:	0040-0610 2398-1571