Classical Comics Study Guide: A Christmas Carol: Making the Classics Accessible for Teachers and Students (American English)

A classroom-ready teaching resource for Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, with activities and exercises designed to support literature, literacy, and cross-curricular learning.

Designed for the classroom, this resource book contains activities and exercises to help teachers bring Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol into the classroom. Although it was designed to be used alongside the Classical Comics graphic novel editions, this teaching guide uses the novel as a springboard for learning and can be used with any version of the book.

The exercises approach the text from a cross-curricular perspective, covering literature and literacy as well as history, technology, drama, reading, speaking, writing, and art. Sections include Charles Dickens: His Place in English, Understanding the Novel, Character, Language, and Creative Writing.

Students can design their own Christmas card, write a modern version of the story, write a book review, color pages, solve anagrams, and more while deepening their understanding of Dickens’s classic holiday story.

Ian McNeilly served as the Director for the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) – the professional body in the UK for all those working in English education – from 2005 to 2013. He has also been a teacher, senior leader, DfE adviser, senior inspector for Ofsted, consultant, and published author.

Mike Collins is a highly accomplished English comic book artist, writer, and TV storyboarder who has spent over four decades in the industry. He is internationally renowned for his work and his versatile pencil work and dynamic sequential storytelling can be seen in Classical Comics’ adaptations of A Christmas Carol.

David Roach is a British comic book artist and author based in Wales, UK. Roach has been actively illustrating for many comic publishers since the 1980s and inked Classical Comics’ adaptations of A Christmas Carol.

James Offredi is an American comic book colorist who has colored a wide range of comics and graphic novels, including A Christmas Carol and Dracula for Classical Comics and is a regular artist on Doctor Who.