With the upcoming election, most every student wants to know more and more about our government.  Our government, elections, laws, and general system of operating can sometimes overwhelm.  A new approach we are taking to learning about the basic jobs, structures, and powers of our respective governments is to read about it via a graphic novel/comic.  Last year, we had some amazing guests come from The Center for Cartoon Studies to teach us a bit about the foundations of our Democracy.  They left with us their recent Comic “This is What Democracy Looks Like.”  As a class, we have read through the comic, utilizing the curriculum that supports the comic (which are all based off of C3 Social Studies Standards we use), and coming to a better, more kid friendly understanding about our government.

Ask your child about this comic and feel free to “borrow” it from them (it is on their Google Classroom and is totally worth a read.  It is engaging, entertaining, and educational.).