graphic bios

Hi Anais Garvanian ! I like to mix it up - sometimes we do group discussion focusing on the Evaluate questions, sometimes we use the Three Close Reads for Graphic Biographies tool, and sometimes students work in partners to do a Cyber Sandwich assignment (like this).  

Hi Anais Garvanian  - thanks for your question!  

I have used graphic bios or some pages from graphic novels/histories as part of a larger stations activities that I do during classtime. 

For instance, I might use this one about Domingo Alvarez as part of my student's explorations on the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Or you can use them in conversation with each other - pair students up and have them create a hypothetical conversation. You can use this chart to help find those from the same time period depending on the course you are teaching. 

I just used the new graphic biography 3 close reads tool. It is brilliant. I recommend it. 

https://www.oerproject.com/OER-Materials/OER-Media/PDFs/Worksheets/Three-Close-Reads-Graphic-Biographies