Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi

Challenging Perceptions: Persepolis Beyond the American Lens | Yale National Initiative | Amanda Taggart | Unit Plan
This unit plan includes an introduction, rationale, objectives, content and background information, a brief account of the Islamic Revolution, Classroom strategies and activities, and an annotated bibliography and notes.
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Using Graphic Novels in Education: Persepolis | Comic Book Legal Defense Fund | Meryl Jaffe | June 27, 2013
This column looks at how and why Persepolis should be taught, including topics under culture and cultural diversity; history, governance, civic ideals and global connections; language, literature, and language usage connections; modes of storytelling and visual literacy; suggested prose novel pairings; common core standards; and links to additional resources.
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Persepolis Discussion Guide | Comic Book Legal Defense Fund | Jessica Lee
This two-page worksheet has discussion questions of increasing complexity (remembering through evaluating) and four activity suggestions.
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US IB English - Persepolis: Home | American School of Madrid | Unit Website
This website is full of information and links to additional resources broken into the following categories: the story, theme/plot/characters, Marjane Satrapi, the film, Iranian Revolution, What is a graphic novel?, class resources, and ASM background knowledge resources.
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Persepolis | Mrs. Miller’s English Page - Honors Freshman English | Teacher Website
Mrs. Miller’s webpage on Persepolis includes downloadable handouts on beginning questions, small group discussion, rationale for teaching Persepolis, elements of nonfiction, Persepolis people, places and terms, analyzing visual images, and more.
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Persepolis Reader’s Guide | Penguin Random House | Discussion Questions
15 discussion questions that go beyond recall and into analysis.
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Reading Persepolis: Defining and Redefining Culture, Gender, and Genre | Teachers Institute of Philadelphia | Tara Ann Carter | Unit Plan
This unit plan includes content objectives, teaching strategies, classroom activities, and resources. The unit plan is detailed, from bell work to exit tickets.
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Persepolis Teaching Resources | Teachers Pay Teachers | Links to FREE resources
This link will take you to a list of 22 FREE resources available to download on Teachers Pay Teachers. The resources include close reading activities, character trackers, a graphic memoir assessment, an essay planner, and more.
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InThinking IB DP English A: Language & Literature | Written Task Question and Sample
This is a free sample page from InThinking. It includes a written task question, an answer based on Persepolis, examiner score and comments, and some questions and answers geared towards IB Literature and IB Lang & Lit teachers.
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Persepolis Graphic Analysis Paragraph | English 12 | Worldwide Hock
This is a sample assignment with a question, an image from the text, and a sample analytical paragraph.
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Persepolis Book Pairings | Common Lit
This page by Common Lit suggests 7 texts to pair with Persepolis. The texts are geared towards 8th grade students but can certainly be used for older students. Of note in the suggestions is Malala Yousafzai’s address to the United Nations in 2013, and the Calud McKay poem “If We Must Die.”
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