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In a post-2020 world, discussions surrounding race relations in the United States are becoming evermore important in the classroom and in schools. As "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a choice selection in our Junior English Language Arts curriculum, it seems prudent to use the novel as a way to provide students a platform to openly engage with the role race plays in our society. In the past, I have had quite a bit of luck engaging students using graphic novels. They seem more likely to buy-in with all related assignments and activities when I use graphic novels as the source material. There is comfort in more digestible formats such as graphic novels. The graphic novel, adapted from Harper Lee's classic novel by Fred Fordham, allows us to engage with the same ideas and themes, but gives us the flexibility to bring in other materials as well. One of the greatest concerns with Lee's novel is the analysis of what it meant to be Black in America during the 1930s, but through the perspective of a white family. It is imperative that students engage with other texts providing them with well-rounded perspectives of what it is like to be black in America. Shorter reading assignments within the graphic novel will allow us to bring in other texts as a point of comparison and historical context. Using the graphic novel version of this classic novel will allow us to focus on the connections we make between this text and our own experiences, other texts, and the world around us. Rather than focusing solely on the reading comprehension, this project will open the door for students to engage will all portions of our state standards including writing, speaking, and listening in addition to the reading portions.

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In a post-2020 world, discussions surrounding race relations in the United States are becoming evermore important in the classroom and in schools. As "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a choice selection in our Junior English Language Arts curriculum, it seems prudent to use the novel as a way to provide students a platform to openly engage with the role race plays in our society. In the past, I have had quite a bit of luck engaging students using graphic novels. They seem more likely to buy-in with all related assignments and activities when I use graphic novels as the source material. There is comfort in more digestible formats such as graphic novels. The graphic novel, adapted from Harper Lee's classic novel by Fred Fordham, allows us to engage with the same ideas and themes, but gives us the flexibility to bring in other materials as well. One of the greatest concerns with Lee's novel is the analysis of what it meant to be Black in America during the 1930s, but through the perspective of a white family. It is imperative that students engage with other texts providing them with well-rounded perspectives of what it is like to be black in America. Shorter reading assignments within the graphic novel will allow us to bring in other texts as a point of comparison and historical context. Using the graphic novel version of this classic novel will allow us to focus on the connections we make between this text and our own experiences, other texts, and the world around us. Rather than focusing solely on the reading comprehension, this project will open the door for students to engage will all portions of our state standards including writing, speaking, and listening in addition to the reading portions.

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