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Pop Culture Classroom Announces Free Opportunities for Educators and Student Groups at FAN EXPO 2023  

Pop Culture Classroom today opened applications for its Experience the Comics and Educators’ Day programs at FAN EXPO Denver 2023 —special programming and free admission to FAN EXPO Denver on Friday, June 30th. 

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New Free Comic Highlights Harlem Renaissance, Celebrates Black History

Pop Culture Classroom today released its latest classroom comic and teaching guide — The Harlem Renaissance by writer R. Alan Brooks (Anguish Garden) and artist Marcus Kwame Anderson (The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History).

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PCC Programs Expand, Thanks to Grant Support

Arts in Society and the Denver Office of Children’s Affairs Fund 2023 Programs Grants to Pop Culture Classroom from Arts in Society and the Denver Office of Children’s Affairs will fund local arts and education…

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Submissions Open for Pop Culture Classroom’s Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards

Pop Culture Classroom’s Awards are focused on graphic novels with educational value. For Immediate Release: Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 (Denver, CO) — The Denver-based education nonprofit Pop Culture Classroom today kicked off its sixth annual…

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2022: An Epic Year for Pop Culture Classroom

Check out Pop Culture Classroom’s accomplishments in 2022! This was an incredible year, thanks to our awesome community of supporters. By Chris Burley, Marketing and Communications Manager What a year. 2022 began with a sense…

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Pop Culture Classroom Announces New Executive Director

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5 Science Fiction Recommendations for the Classroom

Students can learn history and context through the imaginative visions of some of the genre’s best-known creators with these five science fiction classroom recommendations.

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Trading Card Games as a Learning Tool

Trading card games like Pokémon can offer more than entertainment. They can also help promote social emotional learning and concrete educational outcomes for students.

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Share Your Feedback and Bring Pop Culture to Your Classroom

Talk to us! Each year, we provide direct services to hundreds of students and educators in Colorado and beyond. Pop Culture Classroom will use your feedback to shape our work to promote literacy, creative self-expression, and inclusive communities through pop culture. 

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2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards: Book of the Year and Mosaic Award Nominees and Winners

These are the final nominees and winners for this year’s awards, which PCC began announcing last week. The titles were selected by juries and an advisory board of diverse professionals in education, library management, and publishing and represent the best in graphic literature across both fiction and non-fiction titles. 

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2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Winners

Pop Culture Classroom, a Colorado-based education, and community nonprofit, today announced the 2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards for its Best in Children’s, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult Graphic Literature awards. Since 2017, the organization has brought together experts from education, publishing, libraries, and the arts to evaluate the preceding year’s most compelling and educationally valuable works of graphic literature.

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2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Nominees

“This year’s EGL finalists truly represent the amazing depth and breadth of today’s graphic novels, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to celebrate the publishers and creators behind them,” said Pop Culture Classroom Program Manager, Tajshen Campbell, Ph.D. “These titles deserve a place on our bookshelves and in our students’ classrooms, where they can open exciting doors to learning and imagination for readers of all ages.”

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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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Aurora History That Pops! A New Interactive Program for Local Students and Educators

Aurora History Museum & Historic Sites and Pop Culture Classroom today launched “Aurora History That Pops!,” a new effort that offers middle and high school students interactive learning experiences that integrate education, self-expression, and play to:

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