A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Docs Teach that featured the idea of creating history lessons that incorporate historical comics. That email sent me to Docs Teach where there is a small collection of historical comics. Since Docs Teach is a project of the U.S. National Archives all of the comics have a record locator that can be clicked to take you into the National Archives’ online catalog. It was there that I started to dig into browsing through hundreds of records containing comics and comic books. In the following video I demonstrate how to use the National Archives’ online catalog to locate historical comics.

Any document that you find in the National Archives, including comics, can be uploaded to Docs Teach where you can then build online activities for your students to complete online. In this video that I published a few months ago I demonstrate how to create activities on Docs Teach.