Contribution to Book
Comics, the Canon, and the Classroom
Teaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Anime, Cartoons, and More to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
(2008)
Abstract
This chapter, which explores what I call the canon-curriculum-culture connection in terms of comics and graphic novels, also offers definitions of the augmental and supplemental approaches to using graphic novels in the classroom. The link is to the "Google Books" version of the paper, which begins on page 47 of the book.
Keywords
- comics,
- graphic novels,
- canon,
- curriculum,
- culture,
- teaching,
- pedagogy,
- visual literacy,
- critical literacy,
- graphica,
- sequential art,
- education,
- middle school,
- high school
Disciplines
Publication Date
2008
Editor
Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher
Publisher
Corwin
Citation Information
James B Carter. "Comics, the Canon, and the Classroom" Thousand Oaks, CATeaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Anime, Cartoons, and More to Develop Critical Thinking Skills (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_bucky_carter/11/