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<p>Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Connecting the Nation: Diagrams of Unity and Diversity in Civics Textbooks.- Chapter 3: Diagrammatic Othering: The Logics of Visualising Migration in Civic Education Textbooks.- Chapter 4: Teaching Civic Visual Literacy: Four Guiding Principles.- Chapter 5: Diagrams in Civic Education: Understanding Their Spatial Organization, Imagery, and Language.</p>

<p><strong>Janne Holmén</strong> is Associate Professor in the History of Education at the Department of Education, Uppsala University, Sweden.</p>

<p><strong>Ann-Sofie Jägerskog</strong> is Associate Professor at the Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University, Sweden.</p>

<p><strong>Daniel Schumann</strong> is Research Associate at the Institute for Educational Research, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.</p>

<p><strong>Malin Tväråna</strong> is Associate Professor in the Department of Education, &nbsp;Uppsala University, Sweden.</p>

<p>&nbsp;This book presents the findings of three studies on the use of diagrams in civic education. The first study presents an international comparison of textbook diagrams promoting national unity in diversity, with examples from ten countries. The second focuses on the depiction of migration in diagrammatic form in German textbooks, The final study was conducted in collaboration with teachers in Swedish social science classrooms, and focuses on teaching comprehension of flow charts and scatterplots. The book will be of interest to scholars of educational media, didactics, the history of education and citizenship education.</p>

<p><strong>Janne Holmén</strong> is Associate Professor in the History of Education at the Department of Education, Uppsala University, Sweden.</p>

<p><strong>Ann-Sofie Jägerskog</strong> is Associate Professor at the Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University, Sweden.</p>

<p><strong>Daniel Schumann</strong> is Research Associate at the Institute for Educational Research, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.</p>

<p><strong>Malin Tväråna</strong> is Associate Professor in the Department of Education, &nbsp;Uppsala University, Sweden.</p>

Presents an interdisciplinary and multi-level approach to diagrams Advocates for the foregrounding of diagrams in textbook research Provides studies from a range of geographical and historical contexts