Source: Maryland Public Television: Knowing Poe
Take a narrated virtual tour of the Baltimore house where Poe once lived with this interactive. Explore the garret, a front bedroom and the kitchen, examining artifacts associated with his life and death.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts
Topics: Literature: American.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Maryland Public Television: Knowing Poe
Discover hidden meanings in Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem, "The Raven." Use annotated notes to explore unusual words and phrases, poetic devices and hidden meanings.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts
Topics: Critical Thinking Skills. Literature: American.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Masterpiece Theater
Examine Eudora Welty's work in the context of her life and major world events in this online interactive timeline.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. World History: 1900-1945. World History: 1945-1990.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Masterpiece Theater
Examine the personal and professional life of Henry James in the context of world events. Explore a listing of James's published works, including novels, novellas and short stories.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. World History: 1750-1900. World History: 1900-1945.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Maryland Public Television: Knowing Poe
Examine turning points that shaped Edgar Allan Poe's life and literature with this interactive timeline. Discover what was happening in world literature as well as United States, Maryland and Baltimore history during his lifetime.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. United States History: 1801-1861.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Masterpiece Theater
Examine James Agee's work in the context of his life and major cultural and world events in this online interactive chronology. Discover Agee's varied writings, including journalism, film criticism, screenplays, poetry and autobiographical fiction.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. Poetry and Poets. World History: 1900-1945. World History: 1945-1990.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Masterpiece Theater
Explore the life and work of Langston Hughes, well-known for his perceptive portrayals of life in black America, in the context of world events. Discover Hughes's poetry, novels, short stories, plays, children's books and non-fiction.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. Poetry and Poets. Cultural Studies: African American Studies. Historical Perspective.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Masterpiece Theater
Explore a broad overview of the concurrent lifetimes of major authors during the two-hundred-year period between 1800 and 2000. Examine information about authors and their major works.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. Literature: British. Literature: World. Historical Perspective.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Maryland Public Television: Knowing Poe
Discover the difference that point of view makes to the mood and theme of a story by reading Poe's "A Cask of Amontillado" from three different viewpoints. Consider why Poe chose to use Montresor's viewpoint.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts
Topics: Critical Thinking Skills. Literature: American.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Maryland Public Television: Knowing Poe
Learn about Edgar Allan Poe's love of secret writing and cryptograms, learn how the secret code in his story "The Gold Bug" was created, read an excerpt of the story and try your hand at solving some secret codes.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts
Topics: Critical Thinking Skills. Literature: American.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Maryland Public Television: Knowing Poe
Unlock the special meaning that comes from hearing an exceptionally melodic poem. Select one of four stanzas from Poe's "The Bells" and use the interactive sound board to select voices, music and other effects for the stanza.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts
Topics: Critical Thinking Skills. Literature: American.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Masterpiece Theater
Examine Willa Cather's life and work in the context of major world events in this online interactive chronological guide.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Literature: American. World History: 1750-1900. World History: 1900-1945.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: American Masters
Explore an interactive timeline showing the career of this writer, cultural anthropologist and chronicler of folk and ethnic traditions. Learn why Hurston was considered one of the most controversial figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Topics: Folklore. Literature: American. Cultural Studies: African American Studies. United States History: 1929-1945.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity