The graphic novel classroom : powerful teaching and learning with images /
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| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Corwin,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Welcome to the graphic novel classroom
- Looking at literacy in the graphic novel classroom
- Looking at the comics medium: Teaching Scott McCloud's Understanding comics
- Interpreting images: Teaching Shaun Tan's The arrival, Rachel Masilimani's Two kinds of people, and Gene Leun Yang's American born Chinese
- Looking at the big picture: Teaching Will Eisner's A contract with God and A life force
- Looking at memoir in the graphic novel classroom
- Pictures, perception, and the past: Teaching Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis
- Leaving a legacy through images: Teaching Art Spiegelman's Maus, Elie Weisel's Night, and Scott Russell Sanders' Under the influence
- Looking at superheroes in the graphic novel classroom
- A glimpse of the superhero genre: Teaching Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight returns
- Making the invisible visible: Teaching Alan Moore's V for vendetta
- Afterword: The value of teaching graphic novels in school.