The Comic Book Curriculum: Using Comics to Enhance Learning and Life - Softcover

Rourke, James

 
9781598843965: The Comic Book Curriculum: Using Comics to Enhance Learning and Life
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1598843966 ISBN 13: 9781598843965
Verlag: Libraries Unlimited, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

This fascinating journey into the heart of comics connects their unique blend of entertainment and wisdom with school curriculum to invigorate teachers and students alike.

What an intriguing idea! The Comic Book Curriculum: Using Comics to Enhance Learning and Life shows teachers how to use these ever-popular stories to enliven any classroom. The book does not suggest replacing classic works with comics. What it does offer is ideas and techniques for using comics to generate interest in a topic and for transferring that enthusiasm to more-traditional classroom lessons.

The first section of the book introduces superheroes and the sometimes-surprising depth and thoughtfulness of comics. For example, it shows how the X-Men can be used to illuminate the Civil Rights movement, the dangers of fundamentalism, and the power of diversity. Similar treatment is afforded other popular characters such as Batman and Superman, and curriculum connections are made to topics that include the struggle between freedom and security, Norse mythology, the Holocaust, and nuclear disarmament. The second part of the book offers specific tools that will help teachers use comics as a welcome-and effective-doorway to learning.

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Verlag
Libraries Unlimited
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1598843966
ISBN 13 
9781598843965
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
204
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