Edgar Allen Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe

• American Master of Horror

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What is a Webquest

• According to Reference.com a webquest is a
  research activity in which students collect
  information, where most of the information comes
  from the World Wide Web. A webquest is broken
  into sections. Students are placed in groups,
  with each member of the team completing a
  separate task. The members share the information
  they have gathered to enable the team to complete
  the final project.

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Introduction

• In language arts you will be studying the works
  of one of Americas greatest poets and short
  story writers Edgar Allan Poe. Through this
  webquest you investigate his life and mysterious
  death in Baltimore, MD, at the age of 40.

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The Task

• The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore is
  interested in providing information about the
  life and death of the great author. They are
  looking for area students to create Power Point
  presentations to be distributed to local area
  schools. You will be working in your teams to
  create presentations for this purpose.

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The Task, cont.

• The Power Point will include
• biographical information about Poes life
• a timeline of major events of his life
• an essay about the cause of Poes death in
  Baltimore

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The Process

1. You will be assigned to a team to investigate
   Poes life. Your team must become experts on the
   life of Edgar Allan Poe.
2. In your team, decide who will gather information
   about the different parts of Poes life early
   life (1809 - 1819), young adulthood (1820
   1835), middle age (1836 1849), death in
   Baltimore (1849).
3. To complete this assignment a variety of
   resources must be used and cited. Each member of
   the group must gather information from at least
   one of each of the following sources books,
   encyclopedias, videos, and the internet.
4. As a group, discuss the information about Poe.
   Come to a decision about the most likely cause of
   death.

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Presentation Criteria

• Each presentation must begin with a black slide.
• The first slide will have a picture of Poe and
  read Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
• The next several slides will be of the ABC
  biography of Poe.
• The following several slides will be the
  timeline.
• The essay on Poes death will follow the
  timeline.
• The Reference slide will follow the essay.
• The final slide of the presentation must be
  black.
• Click here to see requirements for ABC Biography.
• Click here to see requirements for Timeline.
• Click here to see requirements for Essay.
• Click here to see requirements for Reference.

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The Process, cont.

1. Once all the information has been gathered, the
   group must decide which members will be creating
   the ABC biography, the timeline, and the essay.
2. Rough drafting of each piece is required. Each
   member must present his/her draft to the group
   for critique before the Power Point presentation
   is created.
3. Once all the rough drafts have been approved by
   the group, the Power Point presentation may be
   created. Click on the link to see the
   presentation criteria Criteria.

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ABC Biography

• Each letter of the alphabet must have a biography
  entry about Edgar Allan Poe.
• View the Power Point example of Benjamin
  Franklin.
• Click here to go to Presentation Criteria.
• Click here to go to Timeline.
• Click here to go to Essay.
• Click here to go to Reference.

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ABC Biography of
Benjamin Franklin
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Although Ben Franklin was born in Boston, the
city of Philadelphia was known as his home.
Benjamins father wanted him to go into the
clergy.
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Clergymen require years of school and Bens
father could only afford to send him for one year.
During his youth, Ben worked as an apprentice in
his brothers printing and newspaper businesses.
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Even though Ben had kept the newspaper going
while his brother was in prison, his brother
harassed and beat him when he was released.
For his own safety, Ben ran away to Philadelphia.
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Getting started in his own business was
difficult, but Ben managed to open his own print
shop.
He married his childhood sweetheart and together
they ran the print shop, a general store, and a
book store.
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Timeline
Use the following resources to help you create
your timeline

• Click here to go to Presentation Criteria.
• Click here to go to ABC Biography.
• Click here to go to Essay.
• Click here to go to Reference.

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Essay
In your essay you must state what your team
believes to be the cause of death for Edgar Allan
Poe. You must present at least three facts which
support this cause of death. The essay must be at
least eight (8) sentences long.

• Click here to go to Presentation Criteria.
• Click here to go to ABC Biography.
• Click here to go to Timeline.
• Click here to go to Reference.

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Reference
You must list references (bibliography) for each
material your team uses to create your
PowerPoint. These references will be listed on
the penultimate slide in your presentation. Your
reference page must be done in correct MLA
format. You will find a link to help you with
this in the Resources page.

• Click here to go to Presentation Criteria.
• Click here to go to ABC Biography.
• Click here to go to Timeline.
• Click here to go to Essay.

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Resources

• United Streaming
• Poe Article
• Poe Videos
• Profile of the Author
• Great Books
• Court TV
• Crime Library
• Maryland Public Television
• Knowing Poe
• Literature.com
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Web English Teacher
• Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
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Resources

• Use one of the following links to create a
  timeline
• Read, Write, Think
• Our Timelines
• Big Timeline
• Time Line Maker
• Use the following link to create MLA citations
• Citation Machine

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Grading

• Grading of the project will based upon
  completion of the PowerPoint presentation. Each
  student will be graded on his/her individual
  contribution to the final product and accuracy of
  the information.

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References

• Reference.com. Date Accessed 1/24/07.
  http//www.reference.com/search?r13qWebquest
• Google.com. Date Accessed 1/24/07.
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