{"id":410,"date":"2025-02-09T16:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringstudent\/chapter\/learning-from-comics\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:39:34","slug":"learning-from-comics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringstudent\/chapter\/learning-from-comics\/","title":{"raw":"Learning from Comics","rendered":"Learning from Comics"},"content":{"raw":"Tell students that like other media, we can also learn from comics.\r\n\r\nAsk students if they know any examples of comics that they have learned from.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The examples could be either non-fiction comics that are intentionally educational, or fiction comics that contain real facts about science or history.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHave students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/learning-from-comics-2\/\">Learning from Comics<\/a> or display it on a screen or digital whiteboard.\r\n\r\nHave them answer read the comic (or read it together as a class) and then answer the questions in the Structure Strip.\r\n\r\nNext, have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/making-a-learning-comic\/\">Making a Learning Comic<\/a> and have them make a comic that demonstrates how to make a paper airplane.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If students don't know how to make a paper airplane, they should talk to you about other possible topics. Make sure that the alternate topics are simple and can be explained visually in a relatively small number of steps.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOnce students have made their comics, have them form pairs and make paper airplanes following the instructions in the comic. 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