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  • Young Women's Leadership School
  • New York, NY
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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This year I will teach a new elective history course called Superheroes, History and Justice. Students will study the origin stories of superheroes such as Superman (the Great Depression and immigration), Wonder Woman (feminist icon or gender stereotype?) and Black Panther (the legacy of colonialism, racism, and Afrofuturism). Students will also independently read Ms. Marvel or Miss America (America Chavez) to explore the superhero genre. Their final project will be to develop their own superhero to represent a social justice movement or event in America's history that they are passionate about. My project attempts to grab my students attention unconventionally. The students I teach are all young women of color. Most are daughters of immigrants and many are Muslim. They will be able to see themselves in these characters and better connect with issues that span across the twentieth century in the United States. This project will also open their minds to career paths they may not normally take. Women in the Comic Book industry are beginning to make strides, but there is still a long way to go. Perhaps one of my students will be inspired to do something they never imagined.

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This year I will teach a new elective history course called Superheroes, History and Justice. Students will study the origin stories of superheroes such as Superman (the Great Depression and immigration), Wonder Woman (feminist icon or gender stereotype?) and Black Panther (the legacy of colonialism, racism, and Afrofuturism). Students will also independently read Ms. Marvel or Miss America (America Chavez) to explore the superhero genre. Their final project will be to develop their own superhero to represent a social justice movement or event in America's history that they are passionate about. My project attempts to grab my students attention unconventionally. The students I teach are all young women of color. Most are daughters of immigrants and many are Muslim. They will be able to see themselves in these characters and better connect with issues that span across the twentieth century in the United States. This project will also open their minds to career paths they may not normally take. Women in the Comic Book industry are beginning to make strides, but there is still a long way to go. Perhaps one of my students will be inspired to do something they never imagined.

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