Wikipedia Trails: From Karna to Margaret Jones
I started off the trail with a character from the Mahabharata, Karna. I was curious about knowing more about Karna because he is one of those characters that made me question if he is really a hero or an anti-villain in the epic. I felt like I needed to do more research on him to decide what I wanted to categorize him as.
From the Karna article, I was led to the article about the University of Cambridge. I've always had an interest in Cambridge mostly because of my fascination with England. I've always wanted to go to England and know how universities across the pond are. I got to learn quite a bit of the history of this university through the Wikipedia page.
Next, I went to the page of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. I felt curious about this because this is one of the topics from any US history class I've had that has always been really interesting to me. I love knowing the history behind early settlements such as the first 13 Colonies.
Finally, from the last article I went an article about Margaret Jones. She was a Puritan wife that was the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the witch hunt. I thought this would be cool to read about because I've alway had an interest in the Salem Witch Trials. This was the first time I saw anything about a witch hunt on the other side of the country so naturally I was curious.
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| Courtyard view of the Peterhouse College at the University of Cambridge. Source: Wikimedia. |
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