The graphic novel classroom : powerful teaching and learning with images /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bakis, Maureen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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.