Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus, by Malaka Gharib
Author: Malaka Gharib
Gharib, Malaka. “Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus.” Goats and Soda STORIES OF LIFE IN A CHANGING WORLD, NPR, 28 Feb. 2020, www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus.
Kids, this comic is for you.
It’s based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China.
To make this comic, we’ve used his interviews with Tara Powell at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, Joy Osofsky at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and Krystal Lewis at the National Institute of Mental Health.
Print and fold a zine version of this comic here. Here are directions on how to fold it. To read this comic in Chinese, click here.
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Malaka Gharib is an NPR editor and the author and illustrator of I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, about being first-generation Filipino Egyptian American.
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Oh my goodness!!! I love this! It’s so colorful! It gets straight to the point without too much fluff. I would also utilize the audio clip presented at the beginning- especially for my students who would prefer and or benefit from practicing their reading and listening comprehension skills
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This is truly a great resource to use in elementary school students.
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Comparing wearing masks to Batman is a really fun way to explain it to kids. Batman wears a mask to hide his identity. This can be used to role play or to explain why a child needs to wear a mask to protect themselves from COVID.
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I like also how it explains that just because it is coming from China it does not mean that children from that background should be avoided or set a part. Their traits should not cause discrimination. I enjoyed how they taught them this things to also keep themselves safe.
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The recording and corresponding comic, are a fantastic way to distribute this information.
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What a great instrument of media to teach kids about the corona virus! Students like EJ, the child I wrote a descriptive review about, loves using his iPad and reading Graphic novels, so this would be a great outlet to use to get him interested and informed about what this virus is and how he can protect himself by using daily hygiene.
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I like how the cartoon explains what covid is and reassures children about the odds of them having it.
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This is a great example to show to the students if it is a project you might want your students to do. This is funny and fun and i believe it will do a great job capturing students attention and getting them engaged.
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In addition to the recommendations mentioned in the comics, what are some other things you are doing?
How has it affected you?
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Some additional things that I have been doing to stop the coronavirus is doing things such as Quarantine, Taking a bath thrice a day. It has affected me by maintaining good hygiene and staying aware about staying healthy.
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The routines I am implementing is Doing school work for 1 hour (LA, Math, Science, SS, Orchestra), playing with my brother for PE.
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for me to do PE outside, which PE is important to me
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challenge because these days if you are going to the grocery store, you can only get a limited amount of food.
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Emmie,
I agree with what you said and I believe the visuals that accompany each step on how to protect themselves is great for those who are more visual learners to understand the content.
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I think this would be a great tool for those who learn better with visual cues.
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Yes! I think a lot of adults forget that students lives were forever changed. One day they saw their friends and the next its been 6 months.
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