This resource is a study of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to analyze, interpret, and respond to language, meaning, and ideas in the play. Content support, assessment guidelines, and links to other internet resources are also available at the website. (Author/ncl)

The job site often provides the setting for playing out the melodramas of social, political, or personal upheavals. This is where society often manifests its prejudices. The Crucible provides a means to discuss how rumors, prejudices, fears and other societal pressures develop and ruin people's lives. This is a general career skills resource for that reason. It should also be used by teachers of the helping professions and future educators as they grapple with how to handle such situations in their particular arenas. The teaching of this play provides an excellent opportunity for a teamed approach between the English/language arts teacher and the career-technical department.