Abstract
One of the twenty “witches” executed during the Salem witchcraft trials, Martha Corey's frustrated cry, “Ye all are against me,” underscores the plight of innocent men and women who endured the 1692 hysteria. Corey's reputation as an outspoken woman with reservations about the trials quickly attracted suspicion. A complex web of psychological, economic, religious, and social tensions shroud the trial of Martha Corey and countless others in an aura of mystery. For educators, the episode offers rich possibilities for engaging students in a gripping historical narrative while teaching historical thought and method. Teachers looking for websites to teach students about the Salem trials, however, may empathize with Corey's frustration. A general Google search for “Salem Witchcraft Trials,” brings up more than thirty thousand hits representing sites from the scholarly—University of Virginia's digital archives—to the surreal—eerie personal homepages with dancing flames. The following is an introduction to four genres of websites—primary...
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