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Tyler Rablin

3 Feb, 7 tweets, 1 min read

Hear me out: an interdisciplinary superhero class that blends ELA, science, engineering, and art.

ELA: Well, this is easy. Comics/films as texts, analyzing and comparing essays about superheroes and culture, creating their own stories, crafting their own essays/podcasts/etc. about superheroes.

Science ideas (from a non-science teacher): Genes and genetics, environments (new worlds), physics, etc.

Engineering ideas (from a non-engineering teacher): physics (force of Spiderman's swing), hydraulics (is that even a thing we teach...but Iron Man's armor), etc.

Art: duh.

@ewrightson33

History (thanks to @ewrightson33 for the reminder): analyze cultural connections, look at the development of characters (BIPOC, women, etc.) and how it reflects cultural changes, general history (Captain America, etc.)

I want to hear other ideas. What else?

PS. This is 100% something that just popped in my head, never been thought through, but I'm just super excited about the idea.

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First, separate your assignments into essential (think big, important projects) and non-essential (the smaller checks for a standard). This is crucial in managing your workload. Let's start with the smaller, non-essential pieces.

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I'm always looking for more. Anyone have recommendations?