Social Studies Comics for Inquiry
Truefiktion provides culturally relevant untold-history comics with embedded inquiry units, professional development sessions, and custom content development services.
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We know how hard it is to find high-quality, coherent, classroom-ready resources because we’ve spent years building them. When building your scope and sequence for new and old courses, teachers need resources that are engaging, culturally responsive, and support critical thinking and empathy in social studies classrooms.
TrueFiktion provides ready-to-use comics on untold history stories with inquiries to support your teachers in social studies classrooms.
Engage students with graphic narratives of untold history
Leverage narratives that humanize historical moments and documents
Browse a catalog of comics that are C3 standards-aligned and built to be seamlessly integrated into your course
Leverage the catalog to support lessons in US history, Ethnic Studies, African American History, Asian American History, Latinx History, Labor history, and Women’s History
Grow teachers’ confidence in using comics to support inquiry through learning science principles and strategies
Develop teachers’ content knowledge of untold history and primary sources, and the learning science behind it all
Create a local history book with your students and teachers with our support for hands-on experience with human-centered design, inquiry, and learning science.
Produce resources that reflect your local history and impact your school’s culture
Schedule a demo with our team to learn more about our resources and approach. If you are interested, we’ll send you samples of resources that make the most sense for your scope and sequence.
Browse our catalog of social studies comics with inquiry work books. We cover multiple topics across US history and materials is appropriate for middle and high schools
Attend a wide variety of in-person and online professional development workshops where teachers can learn about using comics to teach inquiry.
Build a local history comic and inquiry with our team. Your staff and students can take part in a design process that brings your local history to life.
Testimonials
– Dr. John F. Gould, Boston Public Schools History Program Director for Teaching and Learning
— Nick Stamoulacatos - Director, Syracuse City School District Social Studies Department
— Brian Knowles, Manager of African, African-American, Latino, Holocaust, and Social Studies
When we create an original comic book for a community, our process involves dialoguing with your teachers and students and consulting with knowledgeable pillars of your community, such as local archivists, historians, and more. This collaborative process ensures buy-in from a multitude of stakeholders.
More importantly, TrueFiktion’s co-design process ensures that your students learn about the stories they yearn for. You likely won’t have to worry about a co-designed comic book being banned. Why would a parent want to ban something the students have had an active role in creating? Learn more about co-designing a historical comic book.
TrueFiktion’s comics are academically rigorous and challenging. They are a great way to engage all levels of readers while increasing their level of overall comprehension and drawing inference context and visual data.
Each comic uses art to teach complex historical concepts and is written to align with C3 and ELA standards.
We offer professional development and create resources for teaching staff about the psychology around comics and addressing challenging moments in history in the classroom. Each of our comics comes with specific professional development webinars or in-person training that fully prepares teachers to engage students with on the TrueFiktion stories selected for their district.
There is no going back to when kids aren’t consuming hours of on-demand micro-content on YouTube or TikTok. They are already conditioned to crave visual content. To transform the classroom into an exciting and engaging place, you must include more visual, interactive, thought-provoking, and imagination-awakening elements in your learning materials.
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