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Pop Culture and Education

Integrating Pop Culture Into the Academic Library

Anthony Letizia -
Librarians from across the country explain the ways pop culture can be used in the library, from teaching how to conduct academic research to making pop culture part of a library’s collections.

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice

Teaching History with Popular Media

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

Teaching with the Beatles

Set Phasers to Teach

Civics for All Comics Group

Reacting to the Past

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Anthony Letizia -
Benjamin “Thing” Grimm and Johnny “Human Torch” Storm of the Fantastic Four get caught up in Beatlemania the year after the Fab Four arrived in New York City and conquered America.

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Anthony Letizia -
Green Arrow interacted with many of Seattle’s homeless during writer Mike Grell’s classic comic book series, and acts as a fictional counterpart to the actual homeless situation in the city.

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Comic Books and the Real World

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Anthony Letizia -
AIDS-inflicted Jim Wilson is rescued by the Hulk during a protest against a student with AIDS from returning to school, similar to protests against the real-world Ryan White during the 1980s.

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

A Spider-Man Tourist Guide to Pittsburgh

Captain America and Spider-Man Walk the Freedom Trail

She-Hulk and the Thing: Disaster at Diablo Reactor

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

A Captain America History of the United States

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

ABOUT REMIXING HISTORY

Popular culture often serves as a mirror into the past and present through narratives that reflect the real world. Remixing History intertwines these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, creating a hybrid history and better understanding of our times in the process.

Contact us: anthony@remixinghistory.com

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