Common Core curriculum
Comics in the Common Core at SDCC
At San Diego Comic-Con, Reading With Pictures presented “Integrating Comics into the Common Core” to a full house. Moderated by RWP founder, president, and Comics Ambassador Josh Elder, the panel had a wide-ranging discussion on how comics and graphic novels can be used to address Common Core Standards. Our sincere thanks to Gina Gagliano of First Second Books (http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/),Writer Geoffrey Golden (http://www.geoffreygolden.com/) and Editor Paul Morrissey of the math comic “Probamon: Gotta Know the Odds!” from the upcoming Graphic Textbook, and Anastasia Betts of Graphic Novels 101 (http://www.graphicnovels101.com/) for participating. Tracy Edmunds, Curriculum Resources Manager for RWP, explained how graphic […] Read More
HOW DO WE STAY ON EARTH?
By Kevin Hodgson Staff Writer STORY SUMMARY Gravity is one of those unseen things that can truly perplex young people. Maybe older people, too. Why don’t we just drift off into space? My sons have all asked me that question at one time or another. HOW DO WE STAY ON EARTH? (A Gravity Mystery) by writer Amy Hansen and illustrator Korey Scott is a non-fictional graphic book look at what gravity is and what it does.