Learning Learning History History Through Through Graphic Graphic Novels Novels
Dec 24, 2015
What is a Graphic Novel?• Any book written in a picture-panel format.
Panel from the Pulitzer Prize winning Maus, by Art Spiegelman.
Why Graphic Novels?
• Outstanding for visual learners and reluctant readers.
• Not for everyone, but an option for some.
Panel from Rick Geary’s biography of J. Edgar Hoover.
Classroom use
• Supplemental reading
• Book reviews
• Class use of excerpts
• Have on hand for students to read during “down time”
Panel from Zinsmeitser’s Combat Zone: True Tales of GIs in Iraq.
Collected works
• Compilation of many individual cartoons.
• Very useful for classroom use!
Panel from the Big Book of Thugs.
“Big” Books
Historical Fiction
• Fictional stories set within a time period.
• The stories refer to actual events.
• Captures the “feel for the times.”
Panel from Shanower’s Age of Bronze.
Low Reading Level: DK Graphic ReadersHistorical Fiction set in Ancient Greece, Rome, China and Egypt
Advanced Readers
The Trojan War
Investigative Journalism
• Drawn and written by journalists.
• Includes first-hand accounts of war-torn areas.
Panel from Sacco’s Palestine.