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Change Happens

This lesson plan uses comics to show change in society through history.

Historical Storytelling in Comics

This lesson uses "The Adventures of Tintin" by Belgian creator Hergé to discuss historical storytelling in comics. It includes organizers and a link to a video.

Rabbit and Bear Paws: Storytelling in the Aboriginal Community

Using the online Comic “Rabbit and Bear Paws” to teach about storytelling in the Aboriginal Community

The Comic Book Show and Tell

Read Write Think contains multiple comic lessons. This one guides students through creating comics using a prompt. For the purposes of teaching history, this could be a historical event or figure.

Book Report Alternative

This lesson from readwritethink.org uses Story Map Comic Strips to create an alternative style of book report. This could be used with a history text.

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Using Graphic Novels Across the Elementary Curriculum

A resource from American Association of School Librarians’ Conference 2013. This PDF provides background information and suggestions for teaching with graphic novels.

Pop Culture Classroom

This is an organization with resources and programs for supporting education with comics and related media. They are based in Colorado and can provide curriculum and professional development.

Reading with Pictures

This website is a good introduction for teaching with comics. They have teaching resources, as well as supporting research, and  also speak at events.

Make Beliefs Comix

This website is a great resource for teaching children to create their own comics. This would be a great way to have students show their history knowledge.

How I use comic books as a learning tool in my social studies classroom

This is a PBS article by Tim Smyth, a high school teacher, on how and why he uses comics to teach history.

Adventures in Graphica: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, 2-6

Adventures in Graphica contains numerous, easy-to-replicate, instructional strategies, including examples of how graphic texts can be used to create a bridge as students transfer abstract comprehension strategies learned through comics and graphic novels to traditional texts.

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