Wives and Witches

Activities

 

Before viewing

  • As they watch the programme, pupils are asked to think about why James and many others believed in witches.

After viewing

  • Pupils find North Berwick and Falkland in their atlases and add them to their maps.
  • Pupils discuss why such an educated a man as James believed in witches.
  • Pupils consider the question 'Do you think Agnes Sampson was a witch?' giving reasons for their answers.
  • Pupils discuss what the cover of James' book 'Demonologie' might have looked like. They design their own book covers.



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