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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
   To prepare students for reading the graphic novel Persepolis, this lesson uses a WebQuest to focus students' research on finding reliable information about Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology
   Students develop their reading, writing, research, and technology skills using graphic novels. As a final activity, students create their own graphic novels using comic software.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Pictures Tell the Story: Improving Comprehension With Persepolis
   Students get the big picture of the Middle East when they read and analyze Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Making It Visual for ELL Students: Teaching History Using Maus
   Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel Maus. The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Playlist for Holden: Character Analysis With Music and Lyrics
   Students compile a playlist of 10 songs representing a literary character and explain their choices based on the book’s dialogue, plot, conflict, and resolution.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales
   Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
   Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cultural Connections and Writing for Change
   A little understanding can go a long way. After learning about difficulties that Palestinian youths face, students will write a letter to an official discussing these issues.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Genre Study
   Multidimensional, challenging, and popular with students, comics provide an excellent way to introduce the concept of genres.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Reading Literature in Translation: Beowulf as a Case Study
    Using several translations of the same passage of Beowulf, this lesson introduces students to the idea that translation is not an objective practice, but that it involves "imaginative reconstruction."

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