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New History Comic Highlights Indigenous Queer Perspective and Celebrates Pride
[DENVER, June 22] – Today Pop Culture Classroom released “A Two-Spirit (Indigenous-Queer) Perspective,” the latest issue in the Denver-based arts and education organization’s Colorful History comic series.
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Local Students Create Comic for Colorado Pride
“Pride is coming up, and we think this is a beautiful addition to the celebration,” commented Pop Culture Classroom Education Program Manager Matt Slayter in prepared remarks for the comic’s release. “The students of Arvada High School have brought incredible thought, imagination, and passion to this project. The finished comic is educational, uplifting, and timely.”
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Colorful History Issue #64: History Erased – The Stonewall Riots
Learn about the Stonewall Riots of 1969, a pivotal moment in the history of LGBTQ+ visibility and civil rights. Story by: Arvada High School Students Mikey Coulter, Eddy Sawin, Ziah Madsen, & Nate Cartor Illustrated by Dylan Edwards
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Cartoons that Spark Social Justice Conversations and Learning
Exploring Interactive Storytelling through Batman: A Death in the Family(Plus 7 More Interactive Stories) By Faith Ojebuoboh, PCC Instructor Pop Culture has always raised political and social themes, especially comics and cartoons. The monsters…
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Where to Start with YA Fantasy Literature
Where to Start with YA Fantasy Literature By Katherine Scott, PCC Instructor Five books to start your YA Fantasy Lit Adventure! Listen, when it comes to real life, things are weird right now. Dystopias have…
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The Bechdel Test: Why It’s Important For Students
Representation matters! It’s more than just a hashtag—it’s a fact. When children (and adults) fail to see characters who remind them of themselves represented in the media they consume, they often feel unimportant or invisible,…
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Black Panther: Using Its Cultural Impact To Engage Your Students
Not only is Black Panther’s colossal cultural impact an effective way to stir up conversations about Afrofuturism, it also contains several great lessons that can be applied in classrooms for students of all ages. Here…
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Pop Culture Classroom’s Year in Review 2017
2017 was an incredible year for everyone at Pop Culture Classroom, and we want to share some highlights of this wonderful work! For 2017, in total, we spent over 328 hours working with 982 students!…
I Kill Giants
Classroom Teaching Guide Written by Joe Kelly, and drawn by JM Ken Niimura, I Kill Giants is the story of Barbara Thorson, a fifth-grader who values nothing in the world more than fighting,…
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Introducing the EGL Mosaic Award
In our previous post we covered why we believe the time is right for the EGL Awards. In today’s post we begin our ongoing series that introduces each of the awards, and gives you more…
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Denver Pop Culture Con Education Wrap-Up (Part 2)
Educator’s Day 2017 Offers Exciting Opportunities for Teachers Over the past four years, Educator’s Day has given over 1,000 teachers, librarians, administrators and other educators the opportunity to receive a free Friday pass to Denver…
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Colorful History Issue #19 – Denver Pridefest Parade
Learn the origins of the Denver PrideFest Parade and how it has become one of the largest Pride Parades in the country.
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Announcing the 2017 Pop Culture Classroom Educator of the Year Award Winners!
We are excited to announce the 2017 winners of the first-ever Pop Culture Educator of the Year Award! Each of the award-winners below has demonstrated innovative use of pop culture as an educational tool in…