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Pop Culture and Education

Integrating Pop Culture Into the Academic Library

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.

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Cosplay for Science Initiative

Civics for All Comics Group

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Set Phasers to Teach

Pop Culture 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

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

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.

Comic Books and the Real World

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Before taking the Super Soldier serum that turned him into Captain America, a sickly Steve Rogers confronted German Nazis in New York City looking to recruit Americans to their cause.