Overview
- Features a sample template identifying and applying key social studies ideas, including skills, dispositions, citizenship/social studies goals, NCSS themes, and disciplines of the social studies for use in graphic novel analysis
- Includes exercises and writing prompts for in-class discussion
- Presents an overview of an original graphic narrative
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy (GCED)
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About this book
This book examines the study of citizenship by means of reading and creating graphic novels and comics in the social studies classroom. The author argues that utilizing graphic novels in the classroom not only helps to teach important concepts, skills, and dispositions of the social studies, but can also empower students with the means to grapple with the complexities of our current times. From the primary school classroom through high school and beyond, graphic novels provide a rich platform to explore a diverse array of issues such as history, critical geography, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, leadership, feminism, sexual identity, philosophy, and social justice issues, as well as provide a multidisciplinary lens for discourse on citizenship. Cultivating multimodal literacy skills through graphic novels allows students and instructors to conceive of and practice citizenship in new, unforeseen ways in an era where truth is in question. To drive this point forward, the author includes examples of both his own and his students’ work, along with exercises to be used in social studies classrooms.
Reviews
—Justin Martin, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Whitworth University, USA
“Any teacher who places a high value on student engagement is always on the lookout for new, creative pedagogical ideas. Letizia's new book provides exactly that. His project, teaching citizenship in an age of postmodern hyper-reality through the medium of comics, is a treasure trove of creative teaching methods that will be of specific interest to social science teachers. By engaging students in reading comics and, most originally, the creation of comics in learning civics, Letizia lays the foundation for a rich and exciting educational experience. This book understands that creativity is a powerful asset in learning and I am glad to have read it.”
—Daniel P. Anderson, Assistant Professor of English, Mount Aloysius College, USA
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Angelo J. Letizia is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA. His research interests include student development theory and civic education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Graphic Novels as Pedagogy in Social Studies
Book Subtitle: How to Draw Citizenship
Authors: Angelo J. Letizia
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44252-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44251-4Published: 28 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44254-5Published: 29 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44252-1Published: 27 April 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-2711
Series E-ISSN: 2946-272X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 238
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Policy and Politics, Comics Studies, Education Policy