Another Fever Year? Making Sense of Pandemics with a Historical Graphic Novel
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| Title: | Another Fever Year? Making Sense of Pandemics with a Historical Graphic Novel |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Robin Griffith (ORCID |
| Source: | Literacy. 2024 58(1):83-91. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Childrens Literature, Cartoons, Novels, Current Events, History, Correlation, Teaching Methods, Information Dissemination, Information Literacy, Diseases, COVID-19, Pandemics, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Undergraduate Students |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lit.12349 |
| ISSN: | 1741-4350 1741-4369 |
| Abstract: | This qualitative study highlights how children's literature can serve as a springboard for discussing current events while making connections with a similar historical event. Undergraduate students enrolled in children's literature courses read the graphic novel "Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918" and discussed the parallels between the book and the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicate strong text-to-self and text-to-world connections between the events of the flu of 1918 highlighted in the graphic novel and those of the COVID-19 pandemic. Connections included restrictions and closures, mask mandates, vaccine development, medical theories, and theories of spread. Information dissemination and consumption was a prominent theme. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1410340 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | This qualitative study highlights how children's literature can serve as a springboard for discussing current events while making connections with a similar historical event. Undergraduate students enrolled in children's literature courses read the graphic novel "Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918" and discussed the parallels between the book and the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicate strong text-to-self and text-to-world connections between the events of the flu of 1918 highlighted in the graphic novel and those of the COVID-19 pandemic. Connections included restrictions and closures, mask mandates, vaccine development, medical theories, and theories of spread. Information dissemination and consumption was a prominent theme. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-4350 1741-4369 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lit.12349 |
