Graphic novel resources

Here are some resources contributed by Melissa Hamley from Hoover High School in Alabama; hope you will find them as useful as I have:

Graphic Novel Resources:
The Post-Modern Novel; Comics in Education ; Comics in the Classroom;
Graphic Novel Template; Storyboard Template

Historical Resources:
Iran-Persepolis time line — details from the novel are interspersed with a timeline of history
Iran Chamber Society; Culture of Iran;  — these sites have lots of information on all sorts of historical topics
BBC Timeline

Clip from movie and questions about Historical Context

“Persepolis and Ancient Iran” ; “Persepolis”;   “Virtual Reconstruction of Persepolis”
Upfront Magazine “1979 Islamic Revolution” ;  BBC: Shah Flees into Exile

New York Times Archives “A Million Marchers”

NPR: Iranian Revolution

BBC News in Pictures — Iran Hostage Crisis; PBS — Hostage Crisis
Iran – Iraq War; BBC News Iran-Iraq War

Biographical Resources: general biographic information;  New York Times Article “I Must Go Home to Iran Again” ; “On Writing Persepolis”; NPR Interview

Film:
NPR: Interview with Satrapi upon opening of movie; “The Exile” An Interview
Cinema Context for Persepolis; Animation and Adapation