Asian Comics and Graphic Novels: The Art of Teaching with Visual Culture
The global proliferation of Asian visual culture has created a new wave of interest for K-12 and college students in Asian topics. With an emphasis on graphic novels and manga, this year’s CTA day will explore ways to engage students and teach content (including history, science, and literature) with cartoon art and graphic storytelling that is about and/or from Asia. How can educators harness the power of comics to build student literacies and global competencies? How can teachers use manga and graphic novels to teach creativity and self expression? Highlighting Ohio’s rich culture of comics and cartoon art, we will explore these themes and more at this year’s CTA Day. To kick off the day, we will take an in-depth tour of The Ohio State University Libraries’ Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, which has the world’s largest collection of comics and cartoon materials, including original art, magazines, comic books, archival materials, and Japanese manga. After our visit to the Billy Ireland, we will take a short walk to the main campus library for lunch, and then engage in hands-on activities and discussions with an expert panel of educators.

Schedule: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.: Registration and check in at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum activities
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.: Walk to Ohio State Thompson Library, visit materials
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch 
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Workshop: Teaching with Manga
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Annual CTA Business Meeting (optional)