"Madaya Mom": Free Teaching Guide about Syria

"Madaya Mom": Free Teaching Guide about Syria

Madaya Mom: The story of One Mother's Unimaginable Struggle for Survival is the story of a Syrian family in an online, comic-book format. Since journalists and cameras weren't able to gain access to the besieged town Madaya, ABC News began relying on dispatches from a Syrian mother for insider information. The news network decided to team up with Marvel Comics to create a free digital comic of her stories.
The graphic rendering of one family's experiences of being trapped inside the town of Madaya for more than a year includes their struggles against starvation, unsanitary living conditions, and the violent threats of warring factions in the country's civil war. 
Several accompanying resources are available including a backgrounder on Madaya and the making-of the series.  

* The whole graphic novel is available (click though the pages) at this ABC news website,
http://abcnews.go.com/International/deepdive/madaya-mom-mother-struggle-survival-syria-civil-war-42362213.
It even looks good on a cell phone, as you scroll through the drawings.

* A free "Teacher's Guide for Discussing 'Madaya Mom' With Students" is a link at the website above, and given again here:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/fullpage/madaya-mom-42363064

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