Class Comics Jun 2026

Students place comics on their desks. Class walks around to view. This allows low-stakes sharing and reinforces the content by seeing it 20 different ways.

| Type | Description | Example | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Full-length works of literary or historical merit used in place of or alongside traditional texts. | Maus (History/Ethics), Persepolis (Memoir/Political Science), American Born Chinese (Identity Studies). | | Curriculum-Embedded Comics | Short-form comics designed to teach a specific standard or concept. | The Cartoon Guide to ... (Gonick) series for STEM; World History Comics for social studies. | | Teacher-Created Comics | Hand-drawn or digitally made single-sheet comics explaining a process, a historical event, or a lab safety rule. | A six-panel comic on the steps of photosynthesis or the causes of WWI. | | Student-Created Comics | Summative or formative assessments where students demonstrate learning by drawing a narrative. | A comic strip summarizing a Supreme Court case; a comic biography of a scientist. | class comics