Daily Lessons for Teaching Fun Home

Alison Bechdel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daily Lessons for Teaching Fun Home

Alison Bechdel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-2)

Objective

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a graphic memoir by American author Alison Bechdel. As a graphic memoir, the author relates the narrative of her childhood and adolescence through the format of comic illustrations. The drawings used to tell the story are all shaded in hues of blue, reflecting the tragic aspects of the events being recalled. This lesson focuses on the author and genres of Fun Home. Students will identify the genres that comprise the book and will research Alison Bechdel, her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and will discuss major themes in her works.

Lesson

Research Activity: Conduct research on the author and publication of the graphic memoir, as well as the influences that inspired Alison Bechdel. Where did the author grow up? Where did she attend college? What did she study? What works has she published?

Group Assignment: Assign students to...

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