NCTE 2024 Presentation - Graphic Novels as Mirrors and Windows - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ubaTwh8XYIxcx12S_i_pETOX5oSaWkxYVzEbDv6BU4k/edit?usp=sharing

Teacher guides from Tim Smyth

https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/teachers-guide-speak-the-graphic-novel/ - Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak graphic novel adaptation

https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/scholastic/educators/discussion-guides/hey-kiddo-sunshine-guide.pdf - Jarrett Krosoczka’s Hey, Kiddo and Sunshine.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/lesson-plans/2024/09/lesson-plan-teaching-9-11-through-comics - PBS lesson on 9/11 and Amazing Spider-Man #3

https://www.abramsbooks.com/pdfs/resources/We_Are_Not_Strangers_Guide_B.pdf - We Are Not Strangers - Japanese-American Internment Camps

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eIqnPLVpBat4s5yNWsfVmUkqQV_QoefNNhVLogZbTO4/edit?usp=sharing - La Voz de M.A.Y.O.by Henry Barajas

War of the Worlds, Totalitarianism, and Media Literacy https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-S2rVr3V3HNjhsuhOEghSp-V7MhcBPA52E8tlJI83x8/edit?usp=sharing

US State Department lesson - creating a national superhero - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kjndr4WOhiZScLnzSbfTCoBSakS1Ztd-qQhetMG7qMM/edit?usp=sharing

https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/teachers-guide-speak-the-graphic-novel/ - educator guide for the graphic novel adaptation of Speak

https://www.historycomics.net/free-comics-1 - Tim Smyth’s website - all comics are fee and available online. Manty different topics and grade levels represented.

https://historycomics.edublogs.org/2014/11/06/fairytales-as-artifacts/ - Modern Fairytale lesson

https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086056/00001/1j - ABCs for Baby Patriots - British picture book on imperialism

https://historycomics.edublogs.org/2016/04/24/history-superheroes/ - making historical figures into superhero lesson and templates

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/2022/09/lesson-plan-teaching-9-11-through-comics/ - Spider-Man 9/11 lesson by Tim Smyth

https://jarrettlerner.com/activities/ - Jarrett Lerner website - creating and finishing comics

https://t.co/Yl1l8blca9 - Smithsonian link - teaching Japanese-American incarceration camps. Complete mini comics and lesson ideas. Also information having students create their own comics, for any lesson, form one piece of paper.

https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/teaching-comics-and-graphic-novels?fbclid=IwAR1s-jd0P3gVqMufQTiiWVqPMuSnCyu4k-lfhp6GJjvhUu17wyB3muU3h0k#child-2639 - US State Department resources for an online comics creation course. HUGE list of resources and comics examples from around the world - students creating national superheroes and solving problems. Excellent examples to show different ways to make comics - hand drawing, pictures, PowerPoint, Pixton, and more.

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2015/martin-luther-king-and-the-montgomery-story - MLK, Jr. and the Montgomery Story comic - also has resources for educators.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/fullpage/madaya-mom-42363064 - Madaya Mom from Marvel Comics and ABC News - based on texts from a mother in Madaya, Sryia during the conflict.

https://thecomicrepublic.com/ - free comics from Nigeria


Graphic Novel/Comics reviews and lists -

https://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/awards/best-graphic-novels-reading-lists - American Library Association best comics reading list

https://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/graphicnovels2022?fbclid=IwAR3KIGy_7ck4k5Pa2Onr0MCs5CLq4yC6HWs2INDmT6_NU4ng0u9cNdZgWAY

https://www.ala.org/yalsa/great-graphic-novels - HUGE listing of graphic novels for teens from the American Library Association

https://mangainlibraries.com/ - huge resource for Manga

https://www.graphiclibrary.org/ - great comics resource for comics in schools

https://imaginationsoup.net/the-best-graphic-novels-for-kids/ - large listing of graphic novels and some educator tips as well.

https://childhood101.com/comic-books-graphic-novels/ - list organized by age level for younger readers

https://noflyingnotights.com/ - lists and reviews - many by students.

https://austin.bibliocommons.com/list/share/646123587/2016459364?fbclid=IwAR1u7t84lr596JXn0dzcZu6i9ACEoPAKq6tyfFh680iwuXsObv2V38YkNGE

https://txla.org/tools-resources/reading-lists/little-maverick/current-list/?fbclid=IwAR2VIRXExjkZqsE5J8_prD4APoaab8ZhLJ8m4gkT8GtlKV2DX7TdGrQBZxE

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“graphic novels books for kids” - good search thread for Amazon


SOME ARTICLES FROM TIM SMYTH -

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/column-bringing-comics-classroom-made-love-teaching

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/how-i-use-comic-books-as-a-learning-tool-in-my-social-studies-classroom

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/2020/02/educator-voice-why-there-is-no-better-superhero-fictional-or-not-than-john-lewis/