Problem
• We have spent some time this semester debunking myths and inaccurate narratives about Christopher Columbus and the First ThanksgivingRoots is considered a fictional narrativeKnowing this, do you still find it a useful source for understanding the origins of slavery in America? Why or why not?
• What truth, if any, can one find in fiction? Explain how fiction can accurately or inaccurately portray the past.
• Should history professors even show Roots to students? If so, how should it be utilized in the classroom?
• What changes and continuities do you notice between the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s and McCarthyism of the 1950s?
• The secondary sources by David K. Goss and the lecture show different approaches in the historiography of the Salem With TrialsThrough which lens would YOU study the Salem Witch Trials? Why?