National Superhero Day

“National Superhero Day is a day dedicated to celebrating both real and fictional heroes. The holiday was created by Marvel Comics in 1999 to celebrate fictional heroes at first, but then transitioned into honoring those who help fight crime and save lives in the real world. According to Zavvi, Spiderman is the most popular superhero in 2022. National Superhero Day is celebrated annually on April 28th.”

It would be great to give prompts on this topic such as:

• If you could be any superhero, who would you be?
• What superpower would you want to have?
• If you were a superhero, what would you look like?
• Who is your real-life superhero and why?

It would also be fun to do some research on Marvel comics and have students discuss which comic hero is their favorite.

Take a poll and divide the class into four groups with each group taking the top four superheroes. They need to convince the rest of the class why their superhero is the best.

What other activities would you do on this day? Please share.