Bibliography
Allen, Frederick Lewis . ""The Other Side of the Tracks"." In The Big Change, 51-55. New York, NY: Bantam, 1961.
Francis, Kym. "Getting Graphic: Using Graphic Novels in the Language Arts Classroom." Getting Graphic. Accessed August 4, 2017. http://gettinggraphic.weebly.com/.
There are probably lots of sites like this out there, but Kym's resources list of
helpful website links will be helpful to teachers looking for interactive and creative sites for comics. Many other things, as well.
Hunt, Jonathan. "A Long Road." School Library Journal 59, no. 9 (September 2013): 44. Accessed May 6, 2017. Academic Search Premier.
Jacobs, Dale. "More than Words: Comics as a Means of Teaching Multiple Literacies."
English Journal 96, no. 3 (2007): 19. Accessed June 23, 2017. doi:10.2307/30047289.
Multiple literacies, literary criticism, history of attitudes towards comics, promise. Good background source.
Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. March, Book I. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2013.
Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. March, Book 2. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2015.
Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. March, Book 3. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2016.
Low, David E. ""Spaces Invested with Content": Crossing the 'Gaps" in Comics with Readers in Schools." Children's Literature in Education 43, no. 4 (2012): 368-85. July 21, 2012. Accessed June 23, 2017.
Using comics for literacy in upper level classrooms. Emphasis on gutters and meaning. Pedagogical resources and activities for the classroom.
Lyons, J. Michael. "From Alabama to Tahrir Square." Journalism History 41, no. 2. (Summer 2015): 103-11. Accessed July 14, 2017. Communication and Mass Media Complete.
"Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story: How 50,000 Negroes Found a New Way to End Racial Discrimination." In Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1-16. New Haven, CT: Beinecke Rare Books Library, 2017.
This comic is referenced throughout my unit as a source document. It may be worth including in your own study of March. The contrasts are clear between this 1957 comic and the 2013 March, so they might be a rich discussion source.
McCloud, Scott. Reinventing Comics. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
Scott McCloud is the essential authority on the reading, creation, and understanding of the comics genre.
McCloud, Scott. Making comics: storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels. New York: Harper, 2007.
Both Scott McCloud books are essential for understanding and writing comics. If you want to teach comics or graphic novels, begin here.
McCloud, Scott, and Mark Martin. Understanding comics: the invisible art. New York, NY: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
Morris, Edmund. "The Treason of the Senate." In Theodore Rex, 437-38. New York, NY: Random House, 2001.
Reiker, Melissa . "The Use of Picture Books in the High School Classroom: A Qualitative Case Study." Master's thesis, 2011. Masters of Liberal Studies Theses, 2011.
preferred citation: Reiker, Melissa, "The Use of Picture Books in the High School Classroom: A Qualitative Case Study" (2011). Masters of Liberal StudiesTheses. Paper 5.
Sperling, Nicole. "MEDIA: Drawing in a New Generation; Rep. John Lewis Hopes to Inspire Today's Youth with 'March,' a Comic Book on His Childhood, Activism." Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2013. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1441479197?accountid=15172.
Inspiring, short background of how the three writers came together and their intentions.
Taylor, Michael Ray. "Drawing March: A Conversation with Nate Powell." Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies 47, no. 1 (April 2016): 3-14. Accessed May 6, 2017. Academic Search Premier.
Watts, Pam. "Graphic Novels Offer Diverse Perspectives, Narratives." Education Digest 81, no. 2 (October 2015): 38-41. Accessed July 14, 2017. Academic Search Premier.
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