'Comic Books in the Classroom' - The New York City Comic Book Museum Launches C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002 The New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Comic Book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. Museum, the nation's only museum dedicated to the art of the comic book, recently launched a unique educational program. C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum - "Challenging Objective Minds: an Instructional Comicbook Series" is the first museum-approved educational program designed to bring comic books into the classroom. "This is a very professional use of educationally-sound comic books to attract, motivate and instruct our pupils in schools' literacy agenda," said Hunter College Hunter College: see New York, City University of. professor Rose Harrison, Ed.D. "The C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum Teacher's Guide provides them with the appropriate tools needed to get maximum positive results in all aspects: reading, writing, listening and speaking, while the comic books themselves are exciting the children about the prospect of being a reader." "Teachers and administrators in over 30 schools nationwide, as well as several schools internationally, have shown a great deal of interest in the C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum series," said David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Gabriel, Executive Director of The New York City Comic Book Museum (NYCCBM NYCCBM New York City Comic Book Museum ). "We inaugurated the program this summer in Washington, D.C. with the `Heads Up' program, and are preparing to launch it this fall in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . It's a valuable program that acknowledges that while children are so easily distracted by anything colorful, loud and eye-catching, they will read a book or magazine if you make it fun and interesting. A perfect example is the success of the Harry Potter book series. The C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum builds on that interest in reading, and utilizes the traditional comic book medium to help children learn structure and creative skills." The fall program utilizes the recently published comic book "Fantastic Four  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. #60," published in September by Marvel Comics. A New York-based comic book retail store, Midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town Comics, donated a large supply of these books, while Marvel Comics partnered with NYCCBM to include additional reading and writing activities based on pages from the issue, as well as from other classic Marvel Comics. As designed by Dan Tandarich, a New York City public school teacher, along with educators and professionals consulting with NYCCBM, the eight-lesson C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum gets students reading a variety of comic books with the goal of raising interest in this art form, and learning more about the medium. The first four lessons provide warm-ups, activities and lessons that instruct students on the basics of reading comics, the history of comics, and the art of comics. The final four lessons guide students through a simple process of creating their own comic book through characters, plots, settings, and vocabulary. Teachers receive a guidebook to assist them in the planning of the lessons. The NYCCBM program also supplies teachers with a comic book vocabulary guidebook as well as a bibliography pointing out other comic books that children can learn from. The C.O.M.I.C.S. Curriculum kit also includes pre-selected, age appropriate comic books. About The New York City Comic Book Museum: The New York City Comic Book Museum started its mission in 1999 to preserve the historical and artistic legacy of comic book culture, place it in the context of a changing society, show its usefulness in educating and entertaining, and instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. in audiences the value and joy
of this rich American heritage American Heritage can refer to:
The NYCCBM, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, has concentrated on its outreach programs with traveling exhibits, industry gatherings, panel discussions, virtual exhibits and comic book promotions all around the city and the country. The museum is searching for its permanent home to serve as a research facility, library, and showcase for comic books and the creators of this American art American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, form. Additional information about The NYCCBM is available on their web site at http://www.nyccbm.org. |
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