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The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brian Betteridge ED265. Location. 332 North 7 th Street Approximately 2 hours from Elizabethtown 95 Miles. Why Edgar Allan Poe?. One of the greatest American Poets Site located in one of America’s founding cities
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The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brian Betteridge ED265
Location • 332 North 7th Street • Approximately 2 hours from Elizabethtown • 95 Miles
Why Edgar Allan Poe? • One of the greatest American Poets • Site located in one of America’s founding cities • Exposes students to various aspects of history • Photo: http://www.eapoe.org • Photo: http://www.nps.gov/edal/index.htm
Curriculum Connections • English and Literature • Geography • Social Studies
Using Maps Identify Cities Identify Places Of Interest Identify Philadelphia Landmarks Explain historical significance of these sites Choose poem by Edgar Allan Poe Reactions Critique Reasons? Pre-Trip Exercises
Field Trip Handout • What areas of the house caught your attention? Why? • Briefly summarize the tour. • What was your favorite part of the tour? Explain.
Post-Trip Discussion • Relate Edgar Allan Poe’s works to the 21st Century • Differences in Society • “Time Travel” – Would you like to live during Poe’s time? • What did you learn that you were not aware of before?
Resources • Internet Resources: • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site. 17 January 2003. http://www.nps.gov/edal/index.htm • This is the official website for the site hosted through the National Park Service. It offers technical information about the site. • Hammond, Alexandor, Ed. Poe Studies/Dark Romanticism. 20 January 2003. http://libarts.wsu.edu/english/Journals/PoeStudies/ • This website is from the Washington State University, offering present and past issues of the Poe Studies online magazine. Here you will find articles about Poe’s works and life. • Printed Resources: • Perry, Dennis. Imps Of The Perverse: Discovering the Poe/Hitchcock Connection.Literature Film Quarterly. 1996, Vol 24.4. p.393-400 • An article examining Poe’s possible influences on ground-breaking director and producer Alfred Hitchcock. • Zimmerman, Brett. A Catalogue of Selected Rhetorical Devices Used In The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe.Style. Winter99, Vol 33.4. p.637-658. • An article with extensive descriptions of literary devices used in Poe’s works.
The End “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting - still is sittingOn the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;And his eyes have all the seeming of a Demon that is dreaming,And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floorShall be lifted - nevermore!” ~Edgar Allan Poe~