By closely reading historical documents and attempting to interpret them, students consider how Arthur Miller interpreted the facts of the Salem witch trials and how he successfully dramatized them in his play, "The Crucible." As they explore historical materials, such as the biographies of key players (the accused and the accusers) and transcripts of the Salem Witch trials themselves, students will be guided by aesthetic and dramatic concerns: In what ways do historical events lend themselves (or not) to dramatization? What makes a particular dramatization of history effective and memorable?

(Mixed Crafts)
Christmas tale based on the Catalan tradition of the magic Yule log which children fatten up days before Christmas so that on Christmas day, with its appetite satisfied, they hit it with a stick and it releases all the toys it has inside.
In this story, curious Caroline creeps inside the hollow Yule Log intent on finding out the mystery of where Christmas presents come from and gets herself into trouble for going where she shouldn't. There she befriends another prisoner, the ogre Ot, and together they make their escape.

(Mixed Media)
Poor Cinderella is treated like a maid by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. One day her Fairy Godmother appears and with a wave of her magic wand allows Cinderella to go to the ball where she meets the Prince. He falls madly in love with her at first sight. But Cinderella must be home by midnight. As she flees the palace, she loses her slipper on the stair and the Prince searches the kingdom to find the person whose foot fits into the slipper and make her his wife.

(Cut-Outs)
After making Ambrose an orphan, Death returns to become the baby's godfather. Ambrose grows up to be the best doctor in the country, but he is aided in his diagnoses by Death. If the patient is to recover Death stands at the head of the patient's bed but if the patient is to die, he stands at the foot of the bed. One day Dr. Ambrose is summoned by the King to cure his ill daughter Camilla. Dr. Ambrose and Camilla fall in love at first sight and when he sees death stand at the foot of the bed, he turns the bed around in a flash. Dr. Ambrose's dirty trick on Death changes the patient's fate and outrages Death. The doctor loses all his powers, but Princess Camilla recovers. Soon after, they marry and live happily ever after because Ambrose no longer has Death for a Godfather.

(Creative Crafts)
Fearless Peter is not afraid of anything, but he wants to find out what fear is so he sets out in search of it. He comes to a country ruled by three kings and fearlessly helps them kill three seemingly invincible giants. He then steals a magic salve from a witch who uses it to revive the giants. To prove the salve's powers he tells the kings to cut off his head, certain that they can re-attach it with the salve, but the kings accidentally attach his head to his feet. Terrified, Peter asks them to cut his head off again and attach it to the right place. Peter can return home because he finally had a taste of fear.

(Oils & Ink)
Goldilocks goes out for a walk in the forest and comes across a pretty cabin. Being a curious young girl, she enters the house and makes herself right at home, but she is in for quite a surprise when the three bears who live there return home and find her sleeping in Baby Bear's bed.

(Chocolate & Frostings)
Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the forest by their parents who are so poor they can no longer care for them. Lost and frightened they come upon a strange house made out of chocolate. As they are about to take a bite, the witch appears and puts Hansel in a cage to fatten him before cooking him and enslaves Gretel to do the housework. The children manage to escape in the nick of time and run deep into the forest. Suddenly, when they are more lost than ever, they hear a far-off voice calling out to them. It's their father who comes looking for them and begs their forgiveness. Promising never to abandon them again, they live happily ever after.

(Mixed Media)
Little Red Riding Hood goes off to take cakes and honey to her grandmother. A wolf in the forest tricks her into taking a longer path so that he can take a shortcut and get to the grandmother's house first. He swallows the grandmother and pretends to be her when Little Red Riding Hood arrives. Then he swallows her down, too. A hunter passing by is surprised to hear heavy snoring coming from the grandmother's cottage. When he sees the wolf's big belly, he slices it open and rescues the grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood promises never to talk to strangers again.

(Watercolor)

Mr. Stern was a quiet, solitary chap who kept to himself. He had no furniture and worked just hard enough to get by. Mr. Stern spent the whole day standing and gazing out the window. Then one day, a knock came at the door. It was Mr. Nothing, and he wanted to come stay with Mr. Stern. Because there was so much nothing in Mr. Stern's house, Mr. Nothing grew bigger and bigger, until finally Mr. Stern had no more room and had to leave his own house. Wandering around in the neighborhood, Mr. Stern heard music and suddenly found himself in the middle of a party. Will Mr. Stern find a companion to fill his empty life? Will his unwelcome guest Mr. Nothing finally leave?

(Colored Chalk)
Nasreddin was the youngest son of one of the wealthiest families in the Turkish city of Aksehir. One fine day, his father said to him, ?Nasreddin, a man must find his path in life. You'll soon be twelve and it's high time you made up your mind what you want to be.?But young Nasreddin didn't know whether he wanted to be a soldier, a sailor, or a teacher. All these ideas twittered through his bird brained head. He thought to himself that if he travelled the world he might find a road sign posted with Nasreddin's Path.

(Pen & Paints)
Freezing cold comes early to Fu? this year killing all of Salvador's mother's geese except for one, the oldest and scrawniest. Salvador decides to give their last goose to the King as proof of his respect and admiration. The King is grateful and offers him a fine gift if he can solve a riddle. Quick-witted Salvador passes the test brilliantly and the King gives him six geese in return. The story spreads quickly and a nobleman tries to use the same method to get a gift from the King, but he can't solve the riddle. Salvador is called in and once again comes up with a bright answer. The King offers him a dozen of his best geese every year. Years later Salvador becomes very famous as the founder of one of the most important families in the city of Fu?.

(Drawing)

Somewhere in the land, there lived two animals who were displeased with their appearance, in particular their legs. When they discovered that they both would prefer each other's legs, they decide that they should trade legs to see what it would be like to have the other's legs. Will they prefer having their new legs?

(Colored Chalk)
A tailor who kills seven flies with one stroke outwits the king, winning half the kingdom and the king's daughter's hand in marriage. He proves that to become a king it is more important to be smart than strong.

(Embroidery & Fabric)
Do you like stories? We seamstresses know lots and we love telling them while we sew. Far-away in Russia at the palace of a thousand colors, the Tsar and Tsarina lived with their young daughter. Palace life was happy and peaceful until Irina's mother died. Then Irina's father married a wicked woman with three daughters. To keep Irina far from home, the stepmother decided to make Irina take the herds out to pasture. Poor Irina had to spend the whole day in a meadow without any food and little clothing to keep her warm and we all know how cold Russia is! Irina was so sad and lonely she soon started talking to a brown cow. She was telling the cow about her fears and worries when all of a sudden, the brown cow opened one of its big ears and invited the girl to step inside. Without a second thought, Irina let herself be sucked in...weeee!

(Fabric & Pen)
Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a rich man who had a wagon and a poor man who had a mare. One night, when the two men were lodged at the same inn, the poor man's mare gave birth to a colt. When the rich man saw what had happened, he grinned and told the poor man that his wagon had given birth to a colt. But certainly the mare was the mother of this colt, besides, it was impossible for a wagon to give birth to a horse. And this ridiculous argument was the start of a story that all the people in the land still remember with admiration--the story of The Clever Girl.

The Emperor of a far-off kingdom had a reputation for being very vain. This attracted two imposters to the palace, claiming to be famous tailors owning the most beautiful cloth in the world which is invisible to the eyes of the stupid and incompetent. They sell him a new suit of clothes made out of the invisible cloth and take off with a chest full of gold. The Emperor appears in front of his subjects stark naked, but no one dares to say a thing out of fear of being branded stupid or incompetent, except for two young children, whose sincerity show the king he had been miserably duped.

(Watercolors)
Based on Aesop's popular fable The Tortoise and the Hare, Pepa the turtle, annoyed by the mocking tone of the ill-mannered hare, challenges her to a race. The hare keels over in laughter but agrees. In the end the arrogant hare pays for the mistake of being overly confident and loses the race.

(Mixed Media)
Kutaka lives in India and is a disciple of the monk Luntika. One day, Luntika sends Kutaka to fetch some cakes from the other side of the city. Kutaka picks up eight cream tarts for Luntika, but on his way home, he is so tempted by the tarts that he decides that since the monk will surely share the cakes with him, half of the eight cakes will be for him and he eats four tarts. His hunger grows and he repeats the same calculation until only a half of a tart is left. But as he hands it over to Luntika, he decides it's so small that he finishes it off. Luntika never sent him on an errand like that again.

(Pencil & Paints)
Biel and his mother are so poor they have no home. One day they are caught in a downpour and take refuge in a seemingly abandoned house. Once inside, they hear the voice of a very old man calling out to them. He asks for light so that he can finish the book he is reading. Then he explains that he died 75 years ago, but couldn't lay to rest until he finished his book. To reward Biel and his mother for their kindness, he directs them to a trap door in the house where there is a treasure chest full of gold coins. With the money, mother and son buy the rundown house and work hard to turn it into a very pretty farmhouse where they live happily ever after.

(Colored Ink & Pen)
The tall fir tree standing in Sergi?s yard is all decorated for Christmas. When Sergi?s ball gets stuck in the top branches of the tree, the tree comes to life and tells the children the story of how when he was only five, his dream came true: he became a Christmas tree.