Who's a Salem Witch?
From: Unknown
Grade Level: MS, HS
Remote Ready: No
Time: 30 min or less
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The teacher hands out slips of paper (or goes around the room and whispers) indicating whether each individual student is a witch or not. Students won't know which of their classmates are witches, but they are tasked with guessing. They must develop a method for deciding if classmates are witches and, to the best of their abilities, form the largest group possible that does not consist of any witches. The biggest group wins, but if a witch is ultimately found in a group, that group will lose the game. The irony is, of course, that the teacher has not made anyone a witch.
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Grade Level:
MS, HS: This lesson is meant for middle school and high school students
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Game: When this icon is present, students play a game (video, board, puzzle, strategy, etc).
Witchcraft at Salem Village. Pioneers in the settlement of America: from Florida in 1510 to California in 1849. Wikimedia Commons, 19 August 2025, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Witchcraft_at_Salem_Village.jpg.
