Scope Links January 25, 2010

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Here are some recommended links to help you form pre-reading and extension activities for each article in this issue.

Your World, p. 3-5

• "Poe's Funeral, Take Two"
  
  • Edgar Allan Poe Museum, www.poemuseum.org
  • "Edgar Allan Poe News," includes a round-up of Poe-related news from The New York Times, http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/edgar_allan_poe/index.htm

• "Diaries as Art"
  
  • "Drawn From Life," includes an article and a photo gallery, www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Object-at-Hand-Drawn-From-Life.html
  • Artist Janice Lowry's official Web site, with her blog, www.janicelowry.com

• "Bookshelves of History"
  
  • "On the Hunt for Jefferson's Lost Books," includes articles, a slide show, and a short video, www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/52975787.html
    

Readers Theater Play: The Lightning Thief, p. 6

• Author Rick Riordan's official site, includes a blog, description of characters from the Percy Jackson novels, maps of the underworld, Percy's report card, a Teacher's Guide, and more, www.rickriordan.com/children.htm
  
  
• Official site of the movie, www.percyjacksonthemovie.com
  

Nonfiction: "Anne Frank in 2010," p. 14

• The Anne Frank House Web site, www.annefrank.org
  
  
• The official Anne Frank Channel on YouTube, www.youtube.com/user/AnneFrank
  
  
• For info on Francine Prose and her new book about Anne Frank, www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061430794/Anne_Frank/index.aspx?AA=about_RecentBooks_14648