During our last class we learned a lot about the Salem Witch Trials. We broke up into groups of 4 and researched then presented some of the key "players" during this very difficult and uncertain time in our nation's history. Some of those key people we learned about include Cotton Mather, Judge William Stoughton, Governor Sir William Phips, Reverand Samuel Parris, Tituba, and Ann Putnam Jr. We discussed who were the heros and villains. We talked about how this unfortunate chain of events occurred - jealousies, hard economic conditions, teenage boredom, congregational strife.
