Teaching Unit for the Graphic Novel Brain Camp : Grin Verlag : 9783668985353 : 3668985359 : 23 Oct 2019 : Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 9, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, language: English, abstract: Living in a time in which working with technology has become usual in all kinds of situations and especially in educational terms, people still tend to underestimate the benefits of using several kinds of media which are actually obvious. Parents and politicians tend to focus on the usage of technology and emphasize its pros and importance for teaching. On the one hand, they demand for the newest media and technologies, but on the other hands they seem to refuse innovations such as using youth literature, especially graphic novels. While reading the classics keeps being a big part of the curriculum, the educational standards themself have changed. Especially while teaching English in a foreign l