Poe WebQuest Process
Now that your detective teams are set up, it's time to search for answers. Links to information about Poe's life, Poe's detective stories, and the detective genre are listed below.
Research your portion of the project, and report your findings to your group members. Your goal is to create one Power Point presentation. In is presentation, you should address the following questions:
What were the main aspects of Poe's first detective stories that made them detective stories?
What parts of Poe's life might have had influence his detective stories?
How have latter detective stories changed or remained the same from Poe's tales?
Why has this genre remained popular?
Did Poe's detective novels have a moral lesson?
Work together to figure out what "clues" you find are the most important to the detective story genre. As your group decides on the answers to these questions, be sure to include in your presentation evidence to support your answer.
Find information about Poe's life:
Click Here to visit the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia
Click Here to visit the Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore
Click Here to visit Knowing Poe
Click Here to visit Poe's Philadelphia Home
Visit these sites to learn about Poe's detective stories:
Poe Stories
People & Events: Edgar Allen Poe, Detective Fiction, and the Parkman Murder
Forgotten Books: Poe's Detective Stories
April 20, 1841: 'Rue Morgue' Paves Way for Detective Genre
Where has detective fiction since Poe's stories?
Detective Novels: An Overview
19th-century Detective Novels slideshow
Victorian Crime Fiction and more
Crime-Mystery-Detection Fiction
You might also want to search for other sources using Google or Yahoo
Look up any unfamiliar words with Merriam-Webster Online
Click on the Evaluation link below to learn how you will be graded.
The Case and Quest
Poe WebQuest Home
Task
Evaluation
Conclusion
