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Star Wars in the Classroom

Anthony Letizia -
High school teachers Thomas Riddle and Wes Dodgens created an online community in 2012 for fellow educators to share ways that the George Lucas saga could be used as an education tool.

Comics in the Native American Classroom

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

TeachRock

Set Phasers to Teach

Drawn to Home

Civics for All Comics Group

Reacting to the Past

Solution Squad

The Marvel Age of Comics

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

Anthony Letizia -
During the early 1960s, Iceman and Beast from the X-Men were regular patrons of a coffeeshop in the famed New York City neighborhood, where they listened to Beat poets and quoted Bob Dylan.

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Anthony Letizia -
In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned against overpopulation and dangers to the environment, issues also explored by Green Arrow and Green Lantern.

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Comic Books and the Real World

The Unstoppable Wasp and G.I.R.L.

Anthony Letizia -
The 2007 comic book series follows the exploits of a teenage superhero recruiting other female geniuses and serves as an inspiration for real-world young women to pursue careers in STEM.

Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Champions: This is Not a Drill

Batman: The Rodney King Tape

Heroes Against Hunger

Ms. Marvel and Voting in America

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

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