FROM THE EDITOR 3 Enchanting Students in the Twenty-First Century Elizabeth Reis ARTICLES 5 Witchcraft in the Anglo-American Colonies Mary Beth Norton 11 Confess or Deny: What is a “Witch” to Do? Elizabeth Reis 16 New England’s Other Witch-Hunt: The Hartford Witch-hunt of the 1660s and Changing Patterns in Witchcraft Prosecution Walter W. Woodward 21 American Indians, Witchcraft, and Witch-hunting Matthew Dennis 24 The Specter of Salem in American Culture Gretchen A. Adams 28 “How Could They Believe That?”: Explaining to Students Why Accusations of Witchcraft Made Good Sense in Seventeeth-Century New England Richard Godbeer LESSON PLANS 32 Salem Witch Trials Benjamin Ray 37 The Trial of Katherine Harrison Walter W. Woodward 43 Witches in the Atlantic World Elaine Breslaw PERSONALITY PROFILES 48 Tituba Bernard Rosenthal 51 Matilda Josyln Gage: A Nineteenth-Century Women’s Rights Historian Looks at Witchcraft Mary E. Corey ON TEACHING 54 Do We “Fire Them Up?”: Students Helping Teachers Evaluate Teaching Merrill Watrous BRINGING HISTORY ALIVE 57 Objects in the Classroom Laurel Thatcher Ulrich INTERNET RESOURCES 60 Elusive or Illuminating: Using the Web to Explore the Salem Witchcraft Trials Stephanie Hurter 62 The 2003 OAH Tachau Award Winner Gwen Moore 63 HISTORY HEADLINES ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS 112 North Bryan Avenue Bloomington IN 47408 Published by Volume 17, Number 4 July 2003 Front Cover: “Examination of a Witch,” Thompkins H. Matteson. (Image courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum.) Witchcraft WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE GILDER L EHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY M AGAZINE OF H ISTORY