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Hello UK Comics Scholars, The learning framework from my Freedom City Comics project is now available as a FREE download. Please could I ask your help in sharing this with your networks, particularly teachers/groups who are interested in using comics in the classroom in different ways? This is likely to be of particular use to KS2/3 teachers and/or those working on social justice, local history, political participation, creativity - as well as those keen on making/reading comics! Free download (and read Freedom City Comics online): https://research.ncl.ac.uk/fccomics/learningframework/ All the activities are designed as springboards for your own projects, lessons, and activities, using the themes and content of the comic as a starting point. The learning framework was developed with teachers and includes: * outlines of suggested activities * links to National Curriculum KS2 and KS3, including 'I Can...' statements * printable resources: storyboard templates, writing frames, archive materials, biographical factfiles * artists' draft pages, to give young comics creators a look behind the scenes of how Freedom City Comics was made. Showing the early stages of planning and drafting these pages will help students' own comics and storytelling take shape. KS2 curriculum links include: Science, Art, Citizenship, History, Politics, Writing, Literacy, Reading, Maths, Geography, Drama, Careers, PSHE. Key Stage 2 learning framework developed by Mike Thompson (Cragside Primary School, High Heaton) and Lydia Wysocki. KS3 curriculum links include: Media, Art, English, Modern Foreign Languages, History, Drama, PSHE, RE/Ethics, Geography, Maths. Key Stage 3 learning framework developed by Gary Bainbridge (Kenton School) and Lydia Wysocki. My thanks to teachers Mike and Gary for their work on this. Thanks also to our Freedom City Comics artists for sharing their draft artwork, to academic collaborators for sharing info on their subject specialisms, and to the Newcastle University Library Special Collections team for making archive materials available. The overall project has been supported by NUHRI and NISR at Newcastle University, led by Matthew Grenby as part of Freedom City 2017. By all means forward this email, or contact me with any queries. Feedback (and examples of work using this framework) would be really welcome. Press release: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2018/04/freedomcitycomicteachingpack/ Best, Lydia PS: if teachers are making comics with groups of children, they might like to take part in this year's Comic Swap (postal exchange of comics made by kids, organised by me and Hannah Sackett at Bath Spa Uni, hosted by Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children's Books). Info, examples, and permission form: https://comicswap.wordpress.com/ Lydia Wysocki Research Assistant Please note that I work part time, 0.4FTE T: 0191 208 5194 | E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> A: School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences| Newcastle University | 2.54 King George VI Building | Queen Victoria Road | Newcastle upon Tyne | NE1 7RU Freedom City Comics: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/fccomics/ ROMtels project:http://research.ncl.ac.uk/romtels/ New article: Wysocki, L., (2018). Farting Jellyfish and Synergistic Opportunities: The Story and Evaluation of Newcastle Science Comic. The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. 8, p.6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/cg.119 Keywords: applied comics, science comics, GLO generic learning outcomes, research engagement, impact [cid:image001.jpg@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0]<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/> [cid:image002.png@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0]<http://www.facebook.com/nusecls>[cid:image003.png@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0]<http://twitter.com/secls> [cid:image004.png@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0] <https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAAahUKEwjdpMbe7YfGAhWHMdsKHdbrADs&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fnewcastle-university&ei=8pt5Vd3jIIfj7AbW14PYAw&usg=AFQjCNHF4vx6PrmzJTToNgZpXmt_NX6EQA&sig2=ckzhT4SWsi8Sl6jWk6hRkw&bvm=bv.95277229,d.ZGU> [cid:image005.png@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0] <https://www.youtube.com/user/NewcastleUniOfficial> [cid:image006.png@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0] <https://plus.google.com/+NewcastleUniOfficial/posts> [cid:image007.png@01D0A46D.B57E2CC0] <https://instagram.com/newcastleuni/>