“Resources to support teaching with graphic novels”
Curated by
dilaycock
This is my website with links to some of my research and articles. You'll also find other pdf resources. I now use this scoop.it to curate web-based resources. 
"The Merchant of Venice Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds, 2008. With elegant, contemporary artwork and a faithful but succinct adaptation, this graphic novel casts a classic drama in a provocative new light." Downloadable teachers' notes available. 
Esther Claudio takes a look at a page from Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers, exploring how the pages call for the reader to travel the many paths and alleys that Spiegelman has built for him/her. This interview with Gareth Hinds by Karon Flage provides some insight into Hinds' adaptaton of Beowulf. 
"In her new book The Graphic Novel Classroom: Powerful Teaching and Learning With Images (Corwin, 978-1-4129-3684-2, $31.95), high school English teacher and graphic novel advocate Maureen Bakis offers educators a guide for using comics as teaching tools, based on her own experience. In the book, she examines the compositional elements of comics using several volumes as examples and demonstrates how they can be used to teach different concepts and skills." 
Trial of Tunisian TV station accused of 'insulting sacred values' of Islam for screening Marjane Satrapi's animated film is adjourned until April following further altercations... 
Ernesto Priego analyses two examples from Art Spiegelman's Maus in order to demonstrate how the work blurs the boundaries between fiction and truth, the public and the private realm and work-in-progress and the finished work. Blogger Andrew Miller suggests teaching strategies around graphic novels and comics, popular media that hold enormous educational potential. 
A biographical account of Jobs' life during the years he was gone from Apple. Includes an account of Jobs' adoption of Buddhism and the influence on him of Japanese design concepts. This could be an interesting option for students studying biographies as a genre. 
"Comic Master could be a good tool for getting reluctant writers writing. The organization that sponsors Comic Master offers teachers a set of lesson plans built upon the use of Comic Master in the classroom. The lesson plans are designed for students between eleven and fourteen years of age." Of course, the potential of Comic Master doesn't stop here... see for yourself! 
Designed by some dedicated Tintin fans, this site has verbal and visual clues and answers. Images used with approval of the Herge administrators. 
Starting June 2012 Marvel Comics will be adapting some of its most “popular” stories into prose novels. That’s right, no pretty pictures. The first book adapted by author Stuart Moore (Wolverine) will be based on the epic story Civil War. 
Great article from MacInstruct on using and creating comics in the classroom. Useful list of references to follow up. |
Great practical site for teachers using graphic novels . Targets middle school. Site put together by Sam Gooding and Deborah Marshall of Ballarat High School (Vic, AUS). 
Some fabulous teaching resources for Maus, put together by Maureen Bakis. 
“In the Shadow of No Towers” looks, at the first glance, like a living room prop for a House Beautiful cover. Lavishly produced on heavy board stock, it is the size and heft of a butcher block, and has a elegant black-on-black cover. Any notion of this work’s kinship with a coffee table book is, however, destroyed on opening its pages. Art Spiegelman’s subject is September 11, 2001, and this book is as much a howl of outrage as an act of mourning; coffee tables have buckled under far less. A Teacher's Guide for Beowulf, a graphic novel adapted and illustrated by Gareth Hinds. 
Gone are the days of capped crusaders dominating the comic-book pages. Here are some of my favorite graphic novel authors. 
"Since struggling readers often complain that they can’t see or visualize text, the graphic element of these books helps readers connect and comprehend the material in a way not possible with traditional literature. Gorman notes, “graphic novels can serve as an intermediary for a teen [or adult] who would rather be watching television than reading a book.” Via Heather Stapleton 
The Arrival "can be located in the tradition of migrant narratives, travel writing, and diasporic fiction. The Arrival indeed reflects on the notion of belonging and comments on the effects and consequences of exile." 
Twenty-five years after ‘Maus’ put graphic novels on the map, the art form is exploding. 
“The whole book becomes a treasure trove you are exploring.” For instance, you can “scrub” some of the illustrations to fade between the original comic book and the artwork for the animated movie. Every image is a separate element on the page which can be tapped and seen in full-screen. 
"Creating cartoons and comic strips can be a good way to get reluctant writers writing. While creating comics you and your students can work through the elements of fiction in a context that is fun and familiar to them." 
An upsurge of interest in Tintin, the cartoon boy reporter who was the creation of Belgian artist Hergé (1907-1983), has accompanied the release of the Tintin movie, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret…... 
"Hello and welcome to Comics in Education! I'm Gene Yang, high school teacher and cartoonist. This site is the online version of the final project proposal for my Masters of Education degree at California State University..." |
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