Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the Salem witch trials
Thesis Statement: The Salem witch trials were a series of events that lead up to the hanging of 19 man and women in Salem Mass.
A. - The year, 1692. The place, Salem Mass. Imagine yourself a woman at home cooking dinner for your family. You peer out the window and find your husband finishing up his days work in the field while your children frolic about as the sun sets behind them. Or imagine yourself a man. Wiping the sweat from your brow as you hurriedly finish up a long days work with anticipation of dinner with the family. Now your at the dinner table , across from your husband or wife. You discuss the weather, how the day went , and the Reverend's most recent Sunday sermon. Suddenly, there's a knock on your door. It's the town magistrate with a warrant for your arrest. You are charged with the crime of witchcraft, examined , then found guilty . If you confess, you spend a lifetime in prison. If you maintain your innocence, you're hung. This is similar to a common scenario of what happened at the Salem witch trials.
B- The Salem witch trials were a series of events that eventually lead to the hanging of 19 men and women. They took place in Salem Mass. in the year 1692.
C- Who were the accusers? Who where the people being charged? What were the out comes of the trials and why Let's start with how it all began.
A - Rev. Samuel Parriss' daughter Elizabeth, age 9, and niece Abigail Williams, age 11, had a slave that cared for them : TITUBA
B - Tituba tells story from native land
C - Girls love stories and start playing with it. Joined by other girls in town.
D- On Jan. 16, 1692, started to have fits , seizures , and trance - like episodes. Soon after that the rest of the girls did too.
E- Rev. Parriss brought in Dr. William Griggs who could diagnose no medical reason for girls behavior. Concluded girls under influence of Satan.
F- Pray serv...