Tag: Comics in the Classroom

  • Comics In The Classroom: All-Star Superman

    “All-Star Superman” explores Superman’s ethos, emphasizing hope, empathy, and cultural understanding while providing educators with tools for teaching Social-Emotional Learning and addressing xenophobia in classrooms.

  • CIC: Infinite Crisis

    DC Comics’ “Infinite Crisis” and post-Crisis era reshaped the DC Universe, introducing mature storytelling and exploring themes of legacy and character evolution.

  • CIC 40 Years of V For Vendetta

    Today is election day in the US and fittingly I am writing about #VforVendetta. It is important to remember that the death of democracy is not anarchy but fascism.

  • CIC: Death of a Sidekick, Islamophobia, and Fan Voting

    “A Death in the Family” comic book features interactive storytelling while provoking discourse on Islamophobia and cultural sensitivity in character representation.

  • Exploring “They Called Us Enemy”: A Graphic Novel of History and Resilience

    “They Called Us Enemy” is George Takei’s graphic novel recounting his childhood in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. It is a valuable tool for teaching history, resilience, and social justice.

  • TWIH: Batman 1989 and Batman Begins 2005

    The films “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Begins” (2005) highlighted Batman’s transformation, psychological depth, and socio-political undercurrents, and are now being used in classrooms for complex character analysis and comparative studies.