TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bakis,Maureen
TI  - The graphic novel classroom: powerful teaching and learning with images
SN  - 9781412936842 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
AV  - LB1044.9.C59 B35 2012
U1  - 372.6/044 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Corwin Press
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc. in education
KW  - Local
KW  - Graphic novels in education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references 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
ER  -