Teaching with The Avengers

Another block buster movie debuted last weekend. I will admit I have not seen it (nor am I an Avenger expert), but a lot of people including your students have. The Avengers provides another way to connect to your students’ interests using popular culture. I know that comic books and their characters appeal to many of our learners. Take advantage of this timely opportunity to make learning fun. Below are some lesson ideas and resources for creating your own learning activities. Notice the new Mad Money Skills activities for teaching economic literacy.

And there came a day unlike any other, when earth’s mightiest heroes were united against a common threat! On that day the Avengers were born! — To fight the foes no single hero could withstand!

If you have ideas please share.

Resources

• The History of The Avengers
• The Avengers and Character Ed Newspaper Activities (Newspapers in Education Lesson Plans)
• What The Avengers can teach you about writing (article)
• Avengers Comic Teaches Mad Money Skills
  • Join Spider-Man and the Avengers in this exciting educational comic about saving money and saving the day. The heroes team up to defeat the villain Mole Man and his evil army, all the while learning important financial skills. The action-packed comic features a budgeting worksheet, finance terms and more.
  • Marvel, Visa join forces to teach kids about money
• Discussion of Superheroes’ Roles in our Culture (Lesson Plan Gr. 9-12)
• Picasso Superheros Art
• Creating Picasso-Inspired Cubist Superheroes
• Fantastic Characters: Analyzing and Creating Superheroes and Villains (Lesson Plan Gr. 6-8)
• The Comic Book Show and Tell (Lesson Plan Gr. 9-12)
• Comic Creator (Interactive)
• Is Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes (Lesson Plan Gr. 3-5)
• Comic Book Characters
• Superhero EFL/ESL Lesson plan
• Superhero Lesson Plans
• The Avengers Bookmarks (craft idea)
• Superhero Party Games

Updated March 7, 2013