Increasing Visual Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills through Graphic Novels

Foreword by Zachary Zajkowski
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Conversation about Graphic Novels
Rebecca Maldonado and Jason D. DeHart

Section 1 - Research & Rationale for Graphic Novels
Chapter 1 - Toons, Capes, Comix, and the Graphic Novel:A History of the Sequential Arts and the Case for Inclusion
Christian George Gregory
1700-2020: A Timeline and Influential Books in the Rise of the Graphic Novel
Christian George Gregory

Chapter 2 - The Multiplicities of Multimodal Texts: Exploring YA Graphic Novels for Secondary Readers
Mandy Luszeck

Section 2 - Elements of Critical Literacy and Visual Literacy
Chapter 3 - Teaching Critical Visual Literacy Through Gene Luen Yang's Boxers and Saints
Young Adult Literature Text: Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang
Kristen R. Strom, PhD
Chapter 4 - Arising LGBTQ+ Gender Awareness in High School English Curriculum
Promoting Visual Literacy with the LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel: Alison Bechdel's Fun Home
Young Adult Literature Text: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Bo Liu?? and Kexuan Wu???

Chapter 5 - History Must Be a Manual: Grappling With Our Past through George Takei's They Called Us Enemy
Young Adult Literature Text: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Ashley D. Black and Joseph P. Haughey

Section 3 - Inspiring the Hearts and Minds Through Hands-on Activities and Digital Activities
Chapter 6 - Interrogating What It Means to be American through Decoupage: Recycled Shadow Box Art Show and Almost American Girl to Explore Personal Identity in America
Young Adult Literature Text: Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Stephen Goss and Jennifer S. Dail

Chapter 7 - Image, Print, and Movement: Reaching Readers through Illustrations and Flipbooks about The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales from the Treehouse
Young Adult Literature Text: The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Damiana Gibbons Pyles, Eric Groce, and Adam Pyles

Chapter 8 - Fostering Independence: Analyzing Author's Purpose in Graphic Novels
Young Adult Literature Text: Nimona by ND Stevenson
Angela Hase

Chapter 9 - "The Overcoming of Otherness": Teaching Visual Literacy through Ekphrastic Poetry and The Arrival
Young Adult Literature Text: The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Russell Mayo

Chapter 10- Illustrating Triple Consciousness in Melanie Gillman's As the Crow Flies
Young Adult Literature Text: As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman
Nicole Ann Amato and Jenna Spiering

About the Editors
About the Contributors