An inquiry based approach for using comic based stories to teach liberal arts and social sciences

This book illustrates the belief that film can serve as a powerful tool in the social studies classroom and, where appropriately utilized, foster critical thinking and civic mindedness. The NCSS College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) framework represents a renewed and formalized emphasis on the perenn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Zoeller, Adam P. (Author), Malewitz, Thomas E. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesHollywood or history?
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781805920342
DOI10.1108/978-1-80592-032-8
Physical Description1 online resource (392 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Historical parallels 1a. Understanding total warfare and the role of propaganda in world war ii / Alexander J. Glaser 1b. Was Magneto Right? An Analysis of the Holocaust through the Eyes of a Survivor / Eric C. Street 1c. V is for Vendetta and Protest as a Path to Change / Emily Campbell 1d. Through the Eyes of a Child: Secret Path and Experiences of Residential Schools / Thomas E. Malewitz
  • Chapter 2. Empowering voices 2a. Afrofuturism and the nation of wakanda / Adam P. Zoeller 2b. Tulsa Race Massacre: All Too Reel or Real? / Jeffrey M. Hawkins 2c. Ms. Marvel and the Makings of a Superhero / Ariel Cornett, Delandrea Hall, and Colleen Fitzpatrick 2d. Paper Girls: Teaching through an Anti-Nostalgic Lens / Alexandra Lindner 2e. A Youth Feminist Perspective on Death and Dying: Barb Thorson and Killing Giants / Liz Shanks, and Mark A. Lewis
  • Chapter 3. Religious and theological implications 3a. Kairos, kant, and kent in man of steel / Adam P. Zoeller 3b. The Fall and Redemption of Thor Odinson / Arthur L. Turner 3c. Lost Paradises: The Silver Surfer as Shining Counterpoint to John Milton's Satan / Daniel E. Martin 3d. Medical Research Ethics and Laudato Sí: Exploring the Culture of Sweet Tooth / Thomas E. Malewitz
  • Chapter 4. Psychology 4a. Stages of grief in wandavision / Adam P. Zoeller 4b. The Killing Joke: Bullying and Unresolved Trauma in The Joker / Thomas E. Malewitz 4c. Multiple Personalities/Personas in Moon Knight / Adam P. Zoeller 4d. Envy, the Enemy of Wonder: Revisiting the Roots of Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984;Thomas E. Malewitz
  • Chapter 5. Science and beyond 5a. Technology: Hero or villain? Fomo and mindful technology usage / Sarah Beach 5b. Science and Ethics of The Incredible Hulk / Christopher Willman 5c. Exploring the Many-Worlds Theory through the Marvel Films Spider-Man Story Arc: Spider-verse / Joseph Claypoole.