The graphic novel classroom : powerful teaching and learning with images / Maureen Bakis ; foreword by James Bucky Carter.

Introduction: Welcome to the graphic novel classroom
Looking at literacy in the graphic novel classroom
Looking at the comics medium: Teaching Scott McCloud's Understanding comics
Interpreting images: Teaching Shaun Tan's The arrival, Rachel Masilimani's Two kinds of people, and Gene Leun Yang's American born Chinese
Looking at the big picture: Teaching Will Eisner's A contract with God and A life force
Looking at memoir in the graphic novel classroom
Pictures, perception, and the past: Teaching Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis
Leaving a legacy through images: Teaching Art Spiegelman's Maus, Elie Weisel's Night, and Scott Russell Sanders' Under the influence
Looking at superheroes in the graphic novel classroom
A glimpse of the superhero genre: Teaching Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight returns
Making the invisible visible: Teaching Alan Moore's V for vendetta
Afterword: The value of teaching graphic novels in school.