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Pop Culture and Education

Set Phasers to Teach

Anthony Letizia -
The collection of essays discuss the various ways that the science fiction franchise Star Trek can be used in college classrooms, including within fields that might not be immediately evident.

Hamilton Education Program

Pop Culture Classroom

TeachRock

Necessary Trouble Archives

Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Teaching with the Beatles

Civics for All Comics Group

The Marvel Age of Comics

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

Anthony Letizia -
The self-proclaimed party girl and friend of Spider-Man alter ego Peter Parker dressed in the latest fashions during the 1960s and even briefly got a job as a go-go dancer in a local nightclub.

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Anthony Letizia -
In 2016, writer Benjamin Percy tackled the subject of racial profiling in a multi-issue narrative of Green Arrow in which a floating machine with tentacles targets African Americans in Seattle.

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Comic Books and the Real World

Heroes Against Hunger

Anthony Letizia -
In 1986, DC Comics published a special benefit comic featuring Batman and Superman fighting famine in Africa that was part of a world-wide effort to raise funds for the real-world Ethiopia.

Champions: This is Not a Drill

Batman: The Rodney King Tape

Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

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.

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