[aisle] Banned Book Week

Jeanne Brucher jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
Fri Sep 20 08:33:55 CDT 2019


I find that so many of the banned books are checked out at the high school
that I am printing off book covers in color and laminating them for my
display tables.

For your younger students, I love to show Dav Pilkey's video about
censorship to my middle schoolers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paluqcTnRis&list=PLnD5w_9EPX7ZbcZ-GIas778BTmhS1mpAg&index=3&t=0s

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 7:58 AM Flaherty, Megan via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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.
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> Good luck and let us know how it goes!
>
> Megan Flaherty-Handoyo
>
> Westview Hills Middle School
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> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> * On Behalf Of *Todd
> Freer via AISLE
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:27 PM
> *To:* AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
> discussion list <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
> *Cc:* Todd Freer <TFreer at zion6.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Banned Book Week
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> Hi All -
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> 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:
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> Introducing the concept of banning/censorship
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> Risk vs. Reward (of banning books)
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> Banned Book Debate (teaching the art of debate first)
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> First Amendment Lessons (which could lead to conversations about the
> Constitution)
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> 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."
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> I'd be grateful for your input.
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> Thanks,
>
> --Todd
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> *Todd Freer*
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> *Library Media Specialist*
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> *East Elementary School*
> 2913 Elim Avenue, Zion, IL, 60099
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> 847.872.5425 • 847.872.8130 (fax)
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> www.zion6.org
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> Currently reading: When the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
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-- 
Jeanne Brucher
Librarian, Teaching and Learning Team Co-Leader
GMS Student Council Advisor, GHS Speech Team Advisor
jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316
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