VC Assignment 1 - Journal - How can conformity (or the pressure to conform) be a good thing? How can it be a bad thing? Explain and try to bring in tangible, real world examples.

How does fear affect our decision making? Where in society right now is fear driving our behavior? Explain/Elaborate!

2 - Read/Respond - Let’s read a bit about the background of The Crucible. Then relate to today’s world and society.

https://www. commonlit. org/en/texts/the-salem-and-other-wi tch-hunts (Links to an external site.)

What did you learn?

3 - Read/Respond - https://www. commonlit. org/en/texts/mccarthyism (Links to an external site.)

What did you learn?

4 - Read/Respond - https://www. biography. com/writer/arthur-miller (Links to an external site.)

What did you learn?

5 - Journal - What in today’s society could relate to this play’s premise and Arthur Miller’s dealings with the Red Scare?? Explain/Elaborate.