Term 4-Week 2

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING to increase knowledge and confidence to discuss subjects such as culture and difference.
• We are EXPLORING the definition of culture and the way in which individuals, groups, and institutions “have”/embody/demonstrate culture(s).
• We are EXPLORING the different characteristics and representations of culture, what can be easily seen/perceived, and what cannot. •
• We are EXPLORING the cultural influences that exist in one’s own life.

Mysteries Decoded - "The Witches of Salem"

More than 300 years after the Salem witch trials, something strange began happening in Salem Village (now called Danvers) – in 2012, a group of high school girls began to experience bizarre hiccuping.  Some of the girls hiccuped for over a year!  But these were not just normal hiccups – they were very loud and high-pitched and initially, doctors were baffled by what they were seeing.  Some people think that there could be a link between what happened in Salem in 1692, and the strange outbreak of hiccuping at a school in the same location hundreds of years apart.  

Today we are going to watch a documentary that looks at parallels between the bizarre behaviors in Salem in 1692, and the mysterious outbreak of hiccuping that began in 2012. 

1. Watch the video and answer the questions.

 ‘Witches of Salem - Mysteries Decoded (2022).’