Graphic novels

Reading Graphic Novels Through Critical Lenses to Recognize Power Imbalances and Discrimination

The overarching concept that guides this unit is “who is on the inside, and who is on the outside?” Students will explore stereotypes, media portrayals, biases, privilege, intersectionality, and race/gender/ability as a social construction. Two essential questions that inform this unit are: 1) What is discrimination? and 2) How does discrimination persist in contemporary society?

Levels: Secondary, Cycle 2

Topics: Media, Reading, Talk

Categories: Diverse Books, Graphic novels, Literature circles, Reading

Types: PDF, Slides

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Reading Graphic Novels Through Critical Lenses to Recognize Power Imbalances and Discrimination Image

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Let’s Get Graphic

Activity provided by Cecilia Anne Coyne

Wanting to move away from “I like it” or “I didn’t like it” when her students were responding to a text, this project is designed to help students to become more confident expressing their own opinions, ideas and observations about texts without teacher prompting, and to learn to evaluate what texts mean to them for themselves.

Levels: Secondary, Secondary, Cycle 2

Topics: Reading, Talk, Writing/Production

Categories: Graphic novels, Literature circles, Reading, Writing

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