Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Edgar Allan Poe

This document is a guide to an Annenberg video, but it contains a wealth of information that is also useful independently. These thirty-four pages offer background information and activity suggestions relating to Gothic undercurrents in...

Explore the terror of gothic tales in this video from the American Masters film, Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. Poe's legacy centers on his horror stories and his ability to tap into the fears of his readers, like the fear of being...

Try to guess the title of the Edgar Allan Poe work when you are given the first line of the poem! Fifteen mostly multiple-choice questions will have you racking your brain to recall the opening words of some not-so-well-known pieces. See...

If your class has finish reading Edgar Allan Poe's "Cask of Amontillado" here's a great post-reading worksheet. Whether used as a reading assessment, as the basis of group discussion, or for whole class response, the fact-based,...

High schoolers respond to 15 questions about short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and his works. Using the Cliffs Notes website they may also link to an online interactive quiz on the stories at the bottom of the page.

Show this mini-biography and nevermore will your young readers ask about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. 'Tis a short overview and nothing more.

Focus on Edgar Allan Poe's life and biographical information with this quiz. Five of the questions reference poems, but the other five ask about dates, times, and his family. Format is multiple-choice for biographical information and...

Often these Fun Trivia quizzes are low-quality and have questionable educational merit. However, this interactive online learning exercise provides a clever way to test understanding of setting in various Edgar Allan Poe stories.

Quiz your class with a review of the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. These reading comprehension questions cover a breadth of ideas but aren't overly detailed. Questions come from The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The...

This is a collection of six video lessons about Edgar Allan Poe and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection. Teaching materials are included.