Poe in the Classroom: Professional Development Workshop with UVA

Please note that this event is hosted at the UVA Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.

Bring Edgar Allan Poe to life in your classroom through an immersive professional learning program that blends rare primary sources with practical classroom materials from the Poe Museum in Richmond and the University of Virginia.

Working alongside curators, professors, and museum educators, participants will explore Poe’s world through unique archival materials and examine practical ways to integrate Poe into classroom instruction. Educators will engage with teaching resources for immediate classroom use as well as collaborate on adapting materials and strategies for specific classroom application, all with an emphasis on SOL-aligned and inquiry driven-approaches to making Poe’s world and writings resonate for today’s students.

Educators will leave with classroom-ready resources and flexible teaching strategies, plus a bevy of ideas to keep Poe’s stories haunting classrooms in the best way.

Presenters
Maeve Jones, Executive Director of Poe Museum in Richmond
Emma Clark, Director of Education of Poe Museum in Richmond
Cristina Richieri Griffin, Assistant Professor of English and Poe Exhibit Co-Chief Curator, University of Virginia

The event is sponsored by UVA Libraries and Special Collections, National Endowment for the Arts , Poe Museum of Richmond, and the Center for the Liberal Arts.

For more information and to see the schedule of the events, check out the event website below.