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This book is designed to help teachers from middle school through college find exciting new strategies to help students develop their literacy skills.
List of contents
Preface: Becoming a Teacher
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Building Character and Theme, Sandra Eckard
1: Tales and Dreams: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Critical and Creative Thinking in the English Classroom, Carmela Delia Lanza
2: Marvelous Families, Epic Dysfunction: Combining Norse Mythology, the Thor Comics, and Marvel Films in a General Education Literature Course, Holly M. Wells
3: Flip the Hero Script: Kamala Khan and Katniss Everdeen Search for Agency, Purpose, and Identity, Mary T. Christel
4: Marvel's Civil War: Interrogating Vigilantism and the Superhero Myth in the Post-9/11 Era, Jane Coulter and Keith McCleary
5: From Marvel's Daredevil to Netflix's Defenders: Justice Is Blind?, P.L. Thomas
6: Comics and Philosophy: Batman and the Nature of Evil, Jon Ostenson
7: Discovering and Discussing Tall Tale Elements Through Lemke's Tall Great American Folktales: The Comic Anthology, Jennifer Toney
8: Finding the Panther: Marvel Comics' Black Panther Socio-Historical Roots and Their Influences on Character Development, Scott Honeycutt, Karin Keith, Renee Rice-Moran, LaShay Jennings, Huili Hong
9: 21st Century Creature: Analyzing Frankenstein in the Medium of Comic, Jeffrey Hayes
10: Word from Krypton: Analyzing the Character of Superman, Richard Harrison
About the Authors
About the author
Edited by Sandra Eckard
Summary
This book is designed to help teachers from middle school through college find exciting new strategies to help students develop their literacy skills.
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Dr. Sandra Eckard has assembled a team of educational superheroes to guide teachers through the processes and possibilities that occur when you make comics an integral part of your curriculum. Each chapter takes you on an adventurous path to integrate unique themes and characters into your classroom that are as lively as the students you teach! Grab your cape and mask, because this book will take your teaching to higher ground!
