PAY ATTENTION, 1st/2nd AP/1102: HW DUE THURS. 2/23 AND SET-UP FOR NEXT PORTION OF OUR THE CRUCIBLE EXPLORATION/MIDTERM**

1st/2nd APLang/ENG 1102

**IMPORTANT INFO AND HW TASKS TO COMPLETE BY CLASS THURS. 2/23: 

REMINDER #1: today I collected all your J#15 The Crucible ACTS 1-4 QU's (TOTAL of 20 answered qu's); I'll have those back to you ASAP as a completion/turn-in grade!

REMINDER #2: TOMORROW WED. 2/23 you'll get your The Crucible MEME CREATION ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WE'LL FINISH ASAP (TBA)!

REMINDER #3/BRIEF NOTE: Now that we've finished up with Miller's The Crucible, we'll now conclude by exploring the themes in Miller's play through the context of modern/ historical implications of hysteria, panic, call-out culture, and, for this connection especially, THE RED SCARE panics that hit the US in both the early and mid 20th century

• *tomorrow WED. 2/22 and THURS. 2/23 in class we'll transition toward your next MAJOR GRADE ASSIGNMENT: U.S. RED SCARE or McCARTHYISM* POLITICAL CARTOON/PROPAGANDA POSTER that you will be using over the next week **for a SIGNIFICANT VISUAL/RHETORICAL ANALYSIS GRADE & part of your WRITTEN IN-CLASS MIDTERM

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1) Keep above and the play you are completing in mind, and VIEW THE FOLLOWING SHORT VIDEO (*ALSO LINKED ON THE CLASSROOM):

Short History of The Red Scare

• I'm also providing you with the following EXCELLENT, HELPFUL video to PLEASE VIEW as well: TED ED "What Is McCarthyism? (And How Did It Happen?)" ( << LINKED HERE **AND ON THE CLASSROOM POST** SINCE IT MAY BE BLOCKED AS AN EMBEDDED VIDEO)

3) FINALLY, BY CLASSTIME THURS. 2/23, MAKE SURE YOU'VE COMPLETELY READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE/ESSAY (*given to you in class TUES. 2/21/SUPPLEMENTAL SECTION OF BINDER, linked below, AND linked on the Classroom as well):

Arthur Miller's "Why I Wrote The Crucible" (10/14/96) from The New Yorker 

• AND IMPORTANT: After reading this essay from Miller, please be aware that your FINAL GRADE WRITING ASSIGNMENT for The Crucible will be heavily pulled from your understanding of this essay as well as your UPCOMING POLITICAL CARTOON analysis assignment (more TBA tomorrow)