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Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

Anthony Letizia -
High school social studies teacher Tim Smyth shares his extensive knowledge of using comics in the classroom in a 2023 overview of his personal teaching methods and tips for fellow teachers.

Solution Squad

Teaching Bob Dylan

Teaching Public Administration with Pop Culture

Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

Now What?!

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

Set Phasers to Teach

Hamilton Education Program

The Marvel Age of Comics

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

Anthony Letizia -
The military-industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned against played a pivotal role in the Marvel Comics Universe, including the creation of the Hulk and Iron Man.

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Anthony Letizia -
On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez was making its way through Prince William Sound after having been fully loaded with crude oil...

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Comic Books and the Real World

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Anthony Letizia -
Sam Wilson, the newly anointed Captain American in the Marvel Comics Universe, defended migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border despite the political controversy of his actions.

She-Hulk and the Thing: Disaster at Diablo Reactor

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

Superman vs. the Slums

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Heroes Against Hunger

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying