English 481: Special Topic — The Literature of Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Superheroes — Super Powers Unit

First Powers

• eJournal: Childhood Heroes

Super Powers

• Data: Statistics on Invisibility vs. Flight
• Audio Recording: This American Life (from Chicago Public Radio)
  • “Superpowers” (Episode 178, originally broadcast on 2/23/01)
• Real Life Super Powers
  • Invisibility Cloak
  • Invisibility Cloak 2
• Freewriting Task: Super Powers
• Freewriting Task: Mad Scientists & Evil Government Agencies

Heroism

• eJournal: Heroism
• Crash Test Dummies: “Superman Song” (from the 1991 album The Ghost That Haunts Me)
• Task: Who is the greatest superhero?
• Superhero Defined (on Wikipedia)
• Task: Super Hero Hall of Fame Letter

The X-Men

• Task: Application Letter for Xavier’s School for Gifted Mutants
• eJournal: Gifted Issue 1
• eJournal: Gifted Issue 2
• eJournal: Gifted Issue 3
• eJournal: Gifted Issues 4-6