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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edgar Allan Poe
A noted poet, born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 19, 1809; died Oct. 7, 1849. He lost his parents when only two years of age, and was adopted by John Allan, a wealthy merchant of Richmond, Virginia.
Curated OER
Edgar Allan Poe / Unknown
A really great site to explore for teachers and students. It contains lesson plans, discussion questions, as well as an image bank.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:tales of the Supernatural
Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Ligeia
This site provides a fascinating look into Edgar Allan Poe's tale of a woman's surprising return from death. Many critics feel this is Poe's best short story and this site takes a thorough look at the characters, and themes.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling"
Edgar Allan Poe purposely misspells words in the amusing short story "Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling". Read this challenging short story on this site.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Three Sundays in a Week
A man and woman who want to get married seek the approval from an Uncle who will only let them marry when there are three Sundays in a week. Read the full text of this Edgar Allan Poe short story on this site to see if the wedding occurred.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Von Kempelen and His Discovery
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" by Edgar Allan Poe was written as a hoax to deter "forty-niners" from rushing to California in search of gold. Read the full text on this site.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: "The Masque of the Red Death"
Here is a summary of and commentary on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death." Refresh your knowledge of the story's plot, main character, and allegorical meaning.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Reading: The Black Cat
The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Black Cat" followed by a vocabulary list for the story.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Reading: The Fall of the House of Usher
The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" followed by a vocabulary list for the story.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Fall of the House of Usher
A five-part learning module on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" including links to pictures, a complete text, a video, and informative web sites.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death is a strange gothic story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Read about his fascinating story in a site that analyses characters, looks in detail at important quotations and themes.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Directed Listening Thinking Activity
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Mini Lesson
Contains plans for a miniinstructional activity that teaches about onomatopoeia using Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the instructional...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) Famous poet and story writer best known for The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Raven
Read about Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem The Raven. This site contains insights into the the symobls, imagery and wordplay found in the poem as well as useful study questions.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Tell Tale Heart
The famous short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, written by Edgar Allan Poe is profiled in this site. Read about the narrator and find out what motivates him in life. Interesting selections are quoted from the story and give insights into...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: Instruction Page 2: Short Stories
This lesson focues on plot, irony, and suspense as seen in short stories by Richard Connell and Edgar Allan Poe. It defines each term and provides examples.
Other
Teachers Net: The Cask of Amontillado (Venetian Carnival)
A literary and interactive lesson on Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." Students examine the work for literary elements and comprehension, then do research on the "carnival season," finding examples and even creating their own mask!
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Meet You at the Movies: "Annabel Lee" & "Eldorado" [Pdf]
Use this reproducible .pdf as a starter for a class activity using video production and one of Poe's poems.
Curated OER
Poe Decoder: The Raven
This summary of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe also features an analysis of the poem. Links to full text of the poem and related resources.
Other
Florida Gulf Coast University: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Read essays from the Florida Gulf Coast University written about "The Fall of the House of Usher". Discusses themes, images, symbols and more. A biographical context of Poe in relation to the work is also available.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Sounds of the Sonnet
"Sound Experiments" drive this lesson plan. Sonnet analysis is accompanied by readings based on specific emotions. At this website, there are several links full-text sonnets by such authors as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Longfellow, and...
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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