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Inspired by the words of civil rights icon John Lewis, school counselor Mick Rabin created teacher guides for various historical graphic novels that include “call to action” video interviews.

Superman and the San Diego Rainmaker

Drawn to Home

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

Set Phasers to Teach

Teaching History with Popular Media

Cosplay for Science Initiative

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

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In 1971, the Avengers are called to testify before the Aliens Activities Committee, which shared similarities with U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “red scare” investigations during the 1950s.

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

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The Green Arrow: Rebirth comic book series included a two-issue story arc based on real world protests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation against the construction of an oil pipeline.

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Comic Books and the Real World

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

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The famed painting was not only stolen from the Louvre in 1911 but in a DC Comics storyline featuring Batman in the present and Leonardo da Vinci’s inspiration being kidnapped in the past.

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

Superman and the Securities Exchange Act

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Heroes Against Hunger

Superman and the New Deal

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

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