Bakis, Maureen.

The graphic novel classroom : powerful teaching and learning with images / Maureen Bakis ; foreword by James Bucky Carter. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2012. - xvi, 159 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-155) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781412936842 (pbk. : acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2011034049

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Comic books, strips, etc., in education.
Graphic novels in education.

LC Class. No.: LB1044.9.C59 / B35 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 372.6/044