Dr. G's HOTS Page
(Higher Order Thinking skills)

 
General Information

 
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Definitions of Terms

What do the words Oyer and Terminer mean?

How did you locate the information.  If a web site, give source.

 
 
Arrest and Trial of GB 

For what reasons was GB brought to trial?

 

 Give 3 "proofs" that were used against him.

Proof #1

Proof #2

Proof #3

 

What was his  punishment?

 

What do you know about Cotton Mather?

 
Pagan Tea House: Part IV Gallows Hill

How many villages, in addition to Salem, were caught up in the Witch Hunt Hysteria?

What are some of the reasons historians give for the end of the Salem Witch Trials?

 
 
Drawing Conclusions

 What conclusions can you draw and the statistics provided?


 
 
 
 
Drawing More Conclusions

Why do you think no other death warrants exist and the site of the executions is uncertain.