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Pop Culture and Education

Teaching History with Popular Media

Professor Chad William Timm of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, discusses ways that music, graphic narratives, and movies can be effectively incorporated into the history classroom.

The Marvel Age of Comics

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

The mythical Red Wolf seeks revenge on the death of Willaim Talltrees’ parents while Richard Oakes hatches a plan to occupy Alcatraz Island after its notorious prison was abandoned in 1963.

Green Arrow and His Times

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

In 1969, the DC Comics superhero Green Arrow began his transformation from Batman rip-off to social justice advocate, a conversion that mirrored that of the real world’s Robert F. Kennedy.

Comic Books and the Real World

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

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.