{"id":134,"date":"2007-10-23T07:36:15","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/the-raven-war-of-the-worlds-and-other-halloween-teaching-resources"},"modified":"2016-10-01T10:33:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T17:33:40","slug":"the-raven-war-of-the-worlds-and-other-halloween-teaching-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/the-raven-war-of-the-worlds-and-other-halloween-teaching-resources","title":{"rendered":"The Raven, War of the Worlds and Other Halloween Teaching Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Raven&#8221; is a great poem to study around this time of year, and one fun way of engaging students is by showing them this clip from an early episode of <em>The Simpsons<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Simpsons - Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bLiXjaPqSyY?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Another great resource for studying Edgar Allen Poe is the progressive rock album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2dEUyTn\" target=\"_blank\">Tales of Mystery and Imagination<\/a><\/em> by the Alan Parsons Project, with narration by Orson Welles:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/AlanParsonsTOMAI-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"alanparsonstomai\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/AlanParsonsTOMAI-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/AlanParsonsTOMAI-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/AlanParsonsTOMAI-160x160.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/AlanParsonsTOMAI-320x320.jpg 320w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/AlanParsonsTOMAI.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, speaking of Orson Welles, you can download an mp3 of his infamous <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> broadcast from\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimeradiofans.com\/template.php?show_name=Mercury%20Theater\">Old Time Radio Fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Raven&#8221; 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