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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Truth, Justice, and the Superhero Comic Book

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the emergence of superhero comic books.
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EL Education

El Education: The Amazing Pre K/k Superheroes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students make comic book pages showing every heroes and turning themselves into superheroes.
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New York Times

New York Times: Batman's Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Audio slideshow explains differences in Batman characterizations that have evolved over time as the superhero, first created in 1939, moved across media formats from print, to television, to film. An interesting overview of a favorite...
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Other

Healthy Aboriginal Network: Darkness Calls [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
"Darkness Calls" by Steve Sanderson and Richard Van Camp is a suicide prevention comic book specifically for aboriginal youth. It was widely distributed to Canadian teens in 2006. The superhero in it is based on a Cree legend.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Saints and Sanctity in Medieval England

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explores how medieval Europeans memorialized the lives of real and fictional Christian saints, transforming them into superheroes and celebrities of the Middle Ages.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Honor & Courage: What Makes a Hero?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What makes a hero?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
Website
Other

The Rad Rider Web Site: Homepage

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to meet the comic book superhero, Rad Rider. Read and listen to his comic book adventure to learn important bike safety tips. Then take the online quiz to see if you're ready to bike with Rad.
Website
English Zone

English zone.com: Writing Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
Writing practice site from English-Zone.com. Paragraphing and writing parts of a story kind of exercises included. Some free content; subscription-based access otherwise.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Anti Hero

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the anti-hero character in fiction.
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Curated OER

Comic Strip, Flower Power, Printed in Magazine, Baloune, Number 4

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics can be more than just superheroes and funny animals, as this web page on the emergence of comics in Quebec during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s proves.

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