Did you know that Denver Pop Culture Con presents the annual Page 23 Literary Conference – to celebrate the most interesting academic elements of popular culture? We’ve been holding it at the live convention since…
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Pop Culture Phenom and Wonder Woman
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Pop Culture Phenom and Wonder Woman By Christina Angel, PhD, Denver Pop Culture Con Director Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero to millions, a titan of the American…
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Social-Emotional Learning, Black Panther, and Chadwick Boseman’s Legacy
Social-Emotional Learning, Black Panther, and Chadwick Boseman’s Legacy By: Matt Slayter, PCC Education Program Manager A Hero Falls The influence of Black Panther cannot be overstated. For many, especially young Black Americans, the…
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Exploring Interactive Storytelling through Batman: A Death in the Family(Plus 7 More Interactive Stories) A New Weekly Pop Culture Show Coming this week — PopStream, a brand-new weekly program from Pop Culture Classroom and…
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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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Leveraging the War Between Fortnite and Apple in the Classroom
Exploring Interactive Storytelling through Batman: A Death in the Family(Plus 7 More Interactive Stories) By Matt Slayter – PCC Education Program Manager CURRENT EVENTS FOR BACK TO SCHOOL DISCUSSION Epic Games, the creators…
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Celebrating the 19th Amendment and Women’s Suffrage
Celebrating the 19th Amendment and Women’s Suffrage On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Enshrining the right to vote regardless of gender, ratification offered new political power for millions…
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Tips for Victorious Virtual Learning
Exploring Interactive Storytelling through Batman: A Death in the Family(Plus 7 More Interactive Stories) By Erik Jacobson, PCC Instructor Ask any educator or parent: the 2020-2021 school year is going to be a unique…
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Exploring Interactive Storytelling through Batman: A Death in the Family
Exploring Interactive Storytelling through Batman: A Death in the Family(Plus 7 More Interactive Stories) By Matt Slayter – PCC Education Program Manager Last week, DC Entertainment released their trailer for Batman: Death in the…
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Story Prompts for Tabletop Roleplaying Game Inspiration
Young Adult Graphic Novels You’ll Love By Faith Ojebuoboh , PCC Instructor Running tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPG’s) is fun, but occasionally we as storytellers (aka: Game Masters/Dungeon Masters) struggle to plan or prepare new stories…
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Young Adult Graphic Novels You’ll Love
Young Adult Graphic Novels You’ll Love By Katherine Scott, PCC Instructor Looking for Young Adult Graphic Novels can be intimidating. When I was a teenager, venturing into a comic shop felt like a record scratch,…
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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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Pop Culture Classroom Teams with Mega Manga Publisher VIZ Media for Summer Book Clubs
Colorado nonprofit partners with #1 U.S. manga publisher for #GotManga Summer Book Clubs to unlock educational potential in Japanese-style comics Resources engage kids through popular manga titles like Beastars, Naruto, and My Hero Academia (Denver,…
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6 Anime to Keep Kids Learning Over Summer
6 Anime to Keep Kids Learning Over Summer By Terra Necessary, PCC Instructor Summer vacation makes it easy to sprawl out, throw on an anime, and let the day melt away. Binge-watching is an…