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Lesson Plan
Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
Grades | 9 – 12 |
Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
Estimated Time | Eight 50-minute sessions |
Lesson Author |
Fredonia, New York |
Publisher |
MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon, 2003)
- Film version of Persepolis directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi (2.4.7 Films, 2007)
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Useful for a wide variety of reading and writing activities, this outlining tool allows students to organize up to five levels of information.
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Webbing Tool provides a free-form graphic organizer for activities that ask students to pursue hypertextual thinking and writing.
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Bio Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person for a biography or autobiography.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Students generate descriptive timelines and can include images in the description.
PRINTOUTS
- Persepolis WebQuest Introduction and Task Sheet
- Persepolis Webquest Presentation Rubric
- Creating a PowerPoint Slide
WEBSITES
- Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group
- Iran WebQuest Links
- Iran Chamber Society
- PowerPoint in the Classroom
PREPARATION
- Make one copy of the Persepolis WebQuest Introduction and Task Sheet, Persepolis Webquest Presentation Rubric, and the Creating a PowerPoint Slide handout for each student.
- Bookmark the Persepolis WebQuest Links page on computers that students will be using for research.
- Test the Timeline, ReadWriteThink Notetaker, ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool, Bio-Cube, and online Self-Reflection: Taking Part in a Group interactives on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and to ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.