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What is Popular Media

Chapter 3
Disciplinary Literacy as a Support for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning
Methods of media and media content easily accessible to a wide audience, spanning geographic and socioeconomic realms. Examples include movies, music, and social media apps.
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From Movie Theaters to History Class: Captain America: Civil War and the US Civil War
August J. Darbonne (Xavier University of Louisiana, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4215-9.ch003
Abstract
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has found much success among comic fans and novices alike. Bringing comic book storylines to the big screen has resulted in the public becoming familiar with once obscure characters and plots. This chapter discusses the use of Captain America: Civil War as a form of popular media to teach middle school students about the United States Civil War. Drawing parallels between historical events and the movie's plot resulted in an increase in students' understanding of the concepts of the United States Civil War and allowed students to connect their learning to their lived experiences and develop agency over their own learning. Through this experiment, the researcher developed a lesson plan for teaching the United States Civil War using popular media, which can also be duplicated for use with other historical events.
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