Comics in the Classroom

Comics are a powerful teaching tools that provide educators with engaging visual content to support all learners. Not only are the appealing and kid-friendly, they provide an opportunity for reluctant readers to visualize as they read, as well as providing a means for reluctant writers to communicate a story with a beginning, middle, and end. There has been a lot of attention focusing on the benefits of using comics in the classroom. Here are some resources for getting started:




Rationale for use:
Tom Hark and Lori Weinstein have created a list of ways comics relate to Multiple Intelligences on their Story Ark blog, which I have captured and republished here:

 Story Ark Comics, Manga and Flash Teaching via kwout

Free and User-Friendly Web 2.0 Tools: Create Your Own Comics

Click below to view my collection of Cool Tools for Creating Comics in the Classroom on Scoop It.

Good Collections of Comics Lesson Plans and More:

1. ReadWriteThink Access a variety of great user submitted lesson plans and resources on this site.
2. National Association of Comics Art Educators
   A rich resource complete with lesson plans, study guides, sample scripts, handouts and connections to comics teachers. 
3. Comics in the Classroom
   Lesson plans with a comics theme.
4. The Graphic Classroom Blog
   A blog for teachers and librarians that is dedicated to providing resources for using high quality comics for classroom instruction.