The Crucible Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (PG13 - 1996)

The Crucible Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (PG13 – 1996) challenges students to analyze this powerful film based on Arthur Miller’s 1953 play. Explore the tragic events that result from groupthink, peer pressure and logical flaws. Ask students to think critically about the internal struggles that multiple characters face and think about the concept of justice as interpreted by Judge Thomas Danforth and the leaders of Salem, Massachusetts.

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Crucible for the Classroom | Quick Facts

Movie Plot (for teachers)

In Salem, Abigail Williams manipulates hysteria while John Proctor struggles with truth and reputation—made for rhetoric, allegory to McCarthyism, and ethics.

Teacher Guidance

1. Print one guide per student; preview the next question before you press play.
2. Use pause points for cite-and-explain responses and targeted discussion.
3. Encourage collaboration while discouraging copying; rewind key scenes to model close viewing.

What’s Included

• Student movie guide (PDF print)
• Google Slides version (make-a-copy link)
• Answer Key (6 pages)
• CCSS alignment one-pager (PDF, 1 page)
• CCSS note: Students apply reading-comprehension skills to film (evidence, analysis, inference).

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