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Spider-Man and Attica State

Four months before the takeover of the Attica Correctional Facility in September 1971, Spider-Man ended a similar prison riot, then spoke out on behalf of the prisoners on The Tonight Show.

Spidey Super Stories

Britton Payne has spoken at various pop culture conventions about how The Electric Company and Marvel teamed up in the 1970s to produce a comic book that helped kids learn to read.

New Approaches in Teaching History

In his book New Approaches in Teaching History, University of Cincinnati professor Frederic Krome explores the ways that science fiction narratives can complement the history classroom.

Popular Culture in the Classroom and Beyond

The first college course on comic books was taught at Indiana University in 1972. Since then, comics have been incorporated into classrooms across the country at an exponential rate. Nonprofit organizations have likewise popped up to help promote the use of pop culture as an education tool and launch their own learning initiatives. Many preexisting organizations, meanwhile, have created original comic books to teach young and old alike about not only history but physics, mathematics, and the homeless. Remixing History contains sections on each of these areas, making it a one-stop website for those interested in the use of popular culture in the classroom.

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

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.

Exploring History Through Comic Books, Superheroes, and Popular Culture

Remixing History also explores individual comic books through the lens of the real-world events that shaped their narratives. By intertwining these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, a hybrid narrative is created that not only offers a unique perspective but serves as a gateway to further understanding of both the past and the present. They also demonstrate the educational value of fictional narratives in both high school and college classrooms, as well as how comic books can be interpreted as historical artifacts. Remixing History sorts these articles into categories, offering a convenient way to locate specific time periods and their fictional counterparts.

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

During the early 1980s, Oliver Queen becomes part of the real-world Sanctuary Movement when political refugees from El Salvador are threatened with deportation by the U.S. government.