Introduction
Edgar Allan Poe Webquest
Explore the Edgar Allan Poe Sites and follow the instructions for each task.&►
Task
Your Tasks:
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Your tasks are to investigate the life and death of Edgar Allan Poe and various aspects of his life.
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Provide all answers to each Task on the answer sheet.
Process
Your First Task:
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Task 1: Go to this link: https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplg00ca.htm and click on the link under this title: CHAPTER ONE: 1809-1825 https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplgc01a.htm. Click on one of the years between 1809 -1825 and read about something that happened to Poe in that year. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
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Task 2: Click on this link and explore the interactive Timeline of Poe. If it opens, write about one thing that stood out to you on this timeline from his life. https://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/timeline.asp
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Click on this link https://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/poesbalto.asp and Learn about Poe's life in the city of Balitmore. What was it like in Baltimore at that time? Answer on your answer sheet.
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Task 3: CLick on this link and read Edgar's letter to his adopted father John Allan. What does Edgar blame John for and what does he say he will do because of it? (answer on your answer sheet)https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplgc03a.htm#1831
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Task 4: Listen to the story about Poe's House on Amity street. What was his life like on Amity Street? Answer on your answer sheet https://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/amity.asp
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Task 5: Describe the success of the Raven and how it affected Poe's life at this time. https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplgc08a.htm
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Task 6: What happened to Poe at the very end of his life? First read about it here: https://www.eapoe.org Then visit this link to learn more: https://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/death.asp What happened to Poe and how do you think he might have died? (answer on your answer sheet.
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Task 7: Find a photo or daguerutype of each of the following and copy/paste them on your answer sheet :https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplg00ca.htm#ills
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Task 8:Find out about Secret writing that Poe used in his story The Gold Bug. Describe his use of secret writing on your answer sheet. https://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/writer/secret.asp
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Task 9: Visit this link and list one way that Poe's life and writings have impacted modern life:
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https://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/library/news/yourlife.asp
- Elizabeth Arnold Poe (Edgar's birth mom
- Manor House School
- John Allan
- Baltimore from Federal Hill
- Moldavia: The Allan House
- Virginia Poe (Edgar's Wife)
- Poe's House on North 7th Street
- Daguerotype of Poe
Evaluation
Who was Edgar Allan Poe? Did you provide answers on your answer sheet to all of the following?
- Task 1 : Early Childhood
- Task 2: Baltimore
- Task 3: Letter to John Allan
- Task 4: House on Amity Street
- Task 5: End of Life
- Task 6: Significant Photos
- Task 7: Secret Writing
- Task 8: Modern Life and Poe
- Video Question on "Alone"
Conclusion
Watch "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe.
How did this make you feel?
What kind of man was Edgar Allan Poe and what inspired his life?
Print out a picture of your choice of Poe and paste it onto a card stock paper
Write 4 Adjectives that describe Poe around his picture. Decorate and turn-in
Link for adjectives: https://enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/adjectivesforpeople.shtml
Credits
The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849 (1987), title page and table of contents
https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplg00ca.htm
Knowing Poe
Teacher Page
Ms. "K". Najmzadeh - English, ESL, and ELD Teacher
Lover of the Macabre, the Mysterious, the Mystical, and the Magical, of Literature especially Magical Realism, poetry, and mysteries.
Fan of Edgar Allan Poe, R.I.P