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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Al Aaraaf

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to various versions and extracts of Poe's "Al Aaraaf," with helpful notes about its publishing history and context.
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Primary
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: The Coliseum

For Students 9th - 10th
Find links to various versions of Poe's "Coliseum," with accompanying notes that explain it's publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: A Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholarly archive of the various printings and versions of "A Dream."
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Eulalie

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of Poe's poem "Eulalie" in any one of the many versions of the poem that exists.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: The Happiest Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Read two versions of Poe's "The Happiest Day," along with notes about their publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: The Haunted Palace

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholarly archive of Poe's poem "The Haunted Palace" is home to numerous versions of the work in manuscript and in print, including versions that were published in the Poe horror classic "The Fall of House of Usher."
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Israfel

For Students 9th - 10th
Access versions of Poe's "Israfel" from this scholarly archive of its printing and publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Sonnet to Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Read "Sonnet--to Science" by accessing this archive of the poem's publishing history.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Ulalume

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse this scholarly archive to read and consider Poe's "Ulalume," in versions published at different points in Poe's career.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Tales: The Cask of Amontillado

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Edgar Allan Poe's famous tale "The Cask of Amontillado." Includes brief summaries of the characters and the setting.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Tales: The Purloined Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Because Poe often revised his work, sometimes quite heavily, the Poe Society archive provides access to a series of different versions of "The Purloined Letter" published at different points in Poe's career.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Tales: The Tell Tale Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Because Poe often revised his work, sometimes quite heavily, the Poe Society archive provides access to a series of different versions of "The Tell-Tale Heart" published at different points in Poe's career.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Letters

For Students 9th - 10th
An archive of letters written to and by Edgar Allan Poe includes his correspondence with other writers of his time such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Washington Irving.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, read every poem, including variants of individual poems, written by Edgar Allan Poe, including "Annabel Lee," "Bridal Ballad," "The Doomed City," "Eulalie," "The Raven," and "Ulalume." Accompanying each poem are notes...
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Other

The Poe Decoder: "Fall of the House of Usher"

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from The Poe Decoder offers a link to the complete text of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, along with criticisms and essays about themes, imagery, character analysis and more.
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Other

Poe Decoder: The Masque of the Red Death

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to a summary of "The Masque of the Red Death" and essays about its setting, characters, point of view, style, and theme.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Edgar Allan Poe Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As part of a unit on Edgar Allan Poe and his works, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Directed Listening Thinking Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson which requires students to listen to The Tell-Tale Heart read aloud, answer prediction questions during the reading, and write written responses after. Excellent for beginning a mystery unit.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Edgar Allan Poe: Annabel Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Alan Poe (1809-1849) from The Oxford Book of English Verse.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biographical overview of Edgar Allan Poe including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Poe is also provided.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: National Historic Site: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides photos of Edgar Allan Poe's historic home in Philadelphia, read a biography and a chronology of his life, and visit links to other Poe-related websites.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: The Bells

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholarly archive of the many known printings and versions of Poe's "The Bells."
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Edgar Allan Poe's Problematic Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick overview of some of the controversial and hard-to-verify aspects of Poe's life provides a lead-in to a bibliography of biographical works written about him.
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Essays and Sketches

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of Poe's essays, sketches, and published lectures.