In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred "card-carrying" communists had infiltrated the United States government.

View a timeline of Arthur Miller's life and career.

In the period immediately following the end of World War II, American theater was transformed by the work of playwright Arthur Miller.

Use these guidelines to prepare your lesson about Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, and the McCarthy Era.

Students will use the Miller-Kazan story as an introduction to the McCarthy era, one of the darkest times in America's cultural history.