TED-Ed

How comic books can help you learn - Gene Luen Yang

2025 • E96    Dec 2, 2025    5m
In the 1940s, comic books became a mass medium, with millions of copies selling every month. Teachers even began experimenting by bringing comics into their classrooms. So, can comic books and graphic novels really help you learn? Gene Luen Yang explores the history of comics in American education, and reveals some unexpected insights about their potential for helping kids learn.

Directed by Vicente Numpaque, Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios.

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