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Creative Content through Comics
Students identify the different parts of a comic strip and creat their own about the French and Indian War period. They share their comics with the class. They can compile them into a newspaper format if they choose.
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Comic Book or Comic Strip Design
Students design an original cartoon character. They explain the creative process and development of a cartoon from brainstorming to final draft and study different types of cartooning. Use the correct terminology associated with cartooning
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Comic Strip Creations
Pupils identify nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the newspaper. They create a math story problem, then create a comic strip using dialogue from words found in the newspaper.
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Writing Comics (3+)
Pupils examine comic strips and evaluate the techniques used to create them. They design their own comics as a continuation of the ones they read, or they create their own characters.
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Author/Illustrator Heroes
Students recognize heroic authors and illustrators and create their own comic strips. In this language arts lesson, students examine characteristics of heroes and work in groups to create their own comic strips and hero books.
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Superhero Comic Strip Using Greek and Latin Roots
Students create comic strips in groups and explain to the class the Latin and Greek roots of their superhero names. In this Latin and Greek root lesson plan, students get into groups and come up with superhero characters to integrate...
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Writing Directions for Mathematical Activities
Fifth graders reorganize comic strips to have them make sense, complete outline and organize their thoughts into outline form to explain directions,
and use that outline to complete their own directions for geometry activities.
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From Ground to Water
Learners explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...
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Comic Strip
Third graders research and discuss the life and times of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. They create a comic strip of his life, complete with sketches and dialogue. They display their work in the classroom.
Library of Congress
Loc: Cartoon Cornucopia: J. Arthur Wood, Jr., Collection
The Library of Congress offers a digitized collection of caricature, cartoon, and animated art. The collection is searchable and short histories of cartoonists, types of cartoons, and animation are included.
National Library of France
National Library of France: Comics Before Comics
A must for fans of comic books. Online exhibit examines the ancestors of comic books.
PBS
Pbs: p.o.v.: Tintin and I
Hidden beneath the innocence of a cartoon character, Tintin has more political punch than what it seems. Get a behind the scenes look at this famous European cartoon.
Library of Congress
Loc: Cartoon America
includes political illustrations, gag cartoons, Online collection that includes comic strips, illustrations, animation, and caricature.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Pop Art
A site with artists and links to the Pop Art movement of the 1950s and 60s. There are links to museums with great images.
Other
King Features: Comics
An extensive archive of King Features' comic strips. A great source for learning conversational English, slang and U.S. culture. An alphabetical listing of over 50 comics includes Spiderman, Dennis the Menace, Popeye, Zits, and more.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative Comic Strips and Cartoon Squares
Contains plans for two lessons that provide an alternative to the traditional book report: using comic strips and cartoon squares to respond to a written text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
Other
Comic Master: Graphic Novel Creator
This site allows students to create their own comic strips. Students will pick the characters, write their own dialogue, and develop a plot. Students can click and hear music as they are creating their comic strips. This site is...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Funny Sequence
After a discussion and work on sequence, young scholars will apply this knowledge to sequencing comic strips through group work.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sensational Journalism and the Yellow Kid
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the use of sensational journalism and the first comic strip cartoon known as the Yellow Kid. It is focused on the time around the Spanish American War.
Other
The Official Peanuts Website: Foreign Language Strips
This section of the official Peanuts Web site contains classic Peanuts comic strips in German, French, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese and other languages. The strips can also be translated into English.