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Comparing Two Poe Classics
Students read and discuss The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart. In this poetry lesson, students construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two pieces of literature.
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"The Cask of Amontillado" Study Guide
In this study guide worksheet, students complete 10 vocabulary definitions, 8 literary terms definitions and 11 short answer questions about the story.
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Symbolism
Students engage in a lesson about symbolism while reviewing the work of Edgar Allen Poe. They review the definition of symbolism and use it to list the symbols in his work. They write a journal about how the author uses many literary...
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Detective Fiction for Remedial Readers
Eighth graders in a remedial reading class are introduced to detective fiction by Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After reading about their lives and work, they define new vocabulary and practice using a guided reading...
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It's a Mystery to Me
Learners read a variety of mysteries to improve their reading and comprehension skills. Using a worksheet, they define and practice using new vocabulary. In groups, they read stories from Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and write an...
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Poe ... in the Real World?
Eleventh graders work in groups to choose a project/presentation from a list of approved activities to develop. They select and use appropriate software for organizing and refining their product. Groups produce a short...
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The "Producing Edgar Allen Poe" Challenge
Young scholars create and perform excerpts from their specific "productions" of Poe's classic Tell Tale Heart.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Library: Nevermore: The Edgar A. Poe Collection of Susan J. Tane
This unique site offers a look at Poe's life and works through original manuscripts, printed matter and artwork. Great primary source material.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin: Ransom Center: E. A. Poe Digital Collection
A digitized library of materials related to Edgar Allan Poe: manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music of songs based on his work, portraits, and miscellaneous other materials.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading/analysis of the Works of Poe
An in-depth analysis of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Raven," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and more! Excellent and detailed lesson plans!
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore has created one of the more thorough websites on Poe. It presents many essays on his life and various aspects of his works, as well as the texts of most of Poe's writings, including his poetry,...
Other
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond, Virginia's Edgar Allan Poe Museum provides links to pages containing biographical information about Poe and the text of some of his works. The works include "The Masque of the Red Death," The Cask of Amontillado," "Tell-Tale...
Other
The Poe Museum:the Cask of Amontillado
This entry has the text of "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. This site is sponsored by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
Other
The Poe Museum/the Murders in the Rue Morgue
This site has the text of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. This site sponsored by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
Other
Poe Museum: The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
This site has the text of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. This site is sponsored by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Ransom Center: Edgar Allan Poe
Investigate Edgar Allan Poe's life and work in this multimedia site that goes beyond Poe's writing and looks at how others have responded to his work. Listen to readings of some of Poe's best-known poems and try your hand at imitating or...
Cengage Learning
Heath Online Instructor's Guide: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
A guide for teaching the works of Edgar Allan Poe to high school students. Includes bibliography.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Edgar Allan Poe, Drugs, and Alcohol
Poe Society essay reviews the evidence of Poe's purported use of opium and alcohol, including absinthe, to fuel his literary imaginings.
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Tales
An introductory discussion of the publishing history of Poe's short stories, along with links to numerous text versions of the stories themselves, such as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which can be read online.
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Tales: The Fall of the House of Usher
Because Poe often revised his work, sometimes quite heavily, the Poe Society archive provides access to a series of different versions of "The Fall of the House of Usher" published at different points in Poe's career.
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: An Enigma
Read Poe's poem "An Enigma" as it was published in an 1850 collection, "The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe."
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Annabel Lee
A scholarly archive of the many known printings and versions of "Annabel Lee."
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Bridal Ballad
Scholarly archive of the various printings and versions of Poe's "Bridal Ballad," also known simply as "Ballad."