Luke Leonard Title: Supervillains: the real Heroes Before class: I will require them to watch one of these three videos and to begin reading Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces. I explain that these videos are You Tube and not professionally done, thought the authors in these videos do have some credibility. Entrance […]
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The Death Stars and the Bismarck: How they hate fighter planes/X-wings
Author: Luke Leonard Discipline: Humanities Title: From World War to Star Wars: Malevolence and Bismarck Categories: Star Wars, WWI, Bismark, wars Tags: bismark, malevolence, star wars the clone wars, world war II, Y-Wing Introductory Text: I was struck by this blog on the similarities between Star Wars war, the Clone War, and WWII. The […]
Superheroes in New York
Author: Luke Leonard Discipline: Humanities Title: Vacation in NY with Superheroes Categories: Infographic, New York, Superheroes Tags: Infographic, New York, Superheroes Text: After searching for hours for something interesting and giving up, I went back to preparing for my Supervillains class in the Fall and I stumbled upon this map. One thing […]
The Anti-hero
This video explains what an anti-hero is and compares it to a hero. The anti-hero is not the villain, but also is radically different from a hero and an idea we are more familiar with today. It does a good job of separating the classical, mythical hero from the hero of today. I will […]
The Heroes Journey
This video condenses Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces into to 5 minute video. I will use this as part of an introduction to my Supervillains course offered in the Fall. What Makes a Hero from TEDEd