[aisle] Banned Book Week

Flaherty, Megan MFlaherty at maercker.org
Fri Sep 20 07:58:50 CDT 2019


Do you have Harry Potter, The Witches, or The Giver at your library?
They are some of the most challenged/banned books that you may be likely to have. Even if you don't have all of the books available to check out, it is still really valuable to discuss the reasons for challenging/banning books and how that ties into civil liberties and freedom to read.
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Megan Flaherty-Handoyo
Westview Hills Middle School

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Subject: Re: [aisle] Banned Book Week

Hi All -
I'm looking for some lesson points for introducing banned books to my 3rd -6th graders. Our library is small and not too current. It doesn't have too many banned books to choose from so I borrowed  13 from my library. It's sort of a hodgepodge of a selection. I see kids 2x/week for 30 minutes and was thinking about maybe doing this for two weeks if need be. Ideas include:
Introducing the concept of banning/censorship
Risk vs. Reward (of banning books)
Banned Book Debate (teaching the art of debate first)
First Amendment Lessons (which could lead to conversations about the Constitution)

I feel a bit restrained since I can't lend out these books but don't want kids to miss out on learning that "banning a book is a real thing."

I'd be grateful for your input.
Thanks,
--Todd


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Todd Freer

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East Elementary School
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