030. "Comics as Artifacts" with Tim Smyth

Sep 16, 2024

Tim Smyth is a school-librarian-by-association. We've known each other since I met him at a school librarian conference where Tim was presenting on the importance of having comics and graphic novels in classrooms and school libraries. He and I are definintely on the same page! 

Here, Tim shares a lesson that is near and dear to his heart, and his work as an educator. 

Guest: Tim Smyth, educator and Eisner award nominated author

Grade(s) Taught: 9, 10, 11, 12

Resources: 

• Comics as Artifacts Lesson: https://historycomics.edublogs.org/2014/09/25/comics-as-artifacts/

• Add’l Links:

• HistoryComics.Net

• https://www.historycomics.net/free-comics-1

 

Book Break: 

• March Trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

• Run by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, L. Fury 
• The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln
• H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness by Gou Tanabe
• The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
• An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne
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Where to find Tim Smyth, educator and Eisner award nominated author: 

• Website: https://www.historycomics.net/

• Handle: @historycomics

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teachingwithcomics

• Twitter:   twitter.com/historycomics

 

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