2008 Banned Books Week Article
Banned Books - September 12, 1984
Banned Books Week Explained
Burning of Disgraced Writings Today
Celebrate Your Freedom to Read: Banned Books Week 2014
Court of Reason; 3; Censorship: Should Books Ever Be Banned
Library Book Bans Comic Strip
Portrait of George Orwell
Today`s lesson in history of American literature
Utah for the 50 State Salute : "We Celebrate the Freedom to Read"
What we lose when a book is banned
Why Are People Banning Books in Schools?
William Noble interviewed by Don Swaim on October 3, 1990
Banned Books Week-English IV-Louisiana
Overview
Dive into Banned Books Week with English IV students.
Notes on Alignment of the Resource and Evaluation Criteria
This is an additional activity to be used during Banned Books Week. English IV students' novel studies include numerous books that are listed as banned books. This activity does not apply to a specific standard but standards being taught at the time can easily be tied into this lesson.
Included in the English IV curriculum are the following books that are on the banned books list.
1984 by George Orwell
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Educated by Tara Westover
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Supporting and Expanding the Resources for Teachers
The videos linked below aide in understanding what is Banned Book Week and helps teachers roll out activities surrounding Banned Book Week. These videos can also be used as part of the lesson.
Supporting and Expanding the Resources for Students
The videos linked below help to explain what we lose when books are banned, why it is important not to ban books, and celebrates our freedom to be able to choose what we read.
Resource Set
Included in this set:
Court of Reason: Censorship: Should Books Ever Be Banned
In this program Morris L. Ernst, attorney; Anne Fremantle, novelist, ciritc, and editor: Robert B. McKay, professor of law at New York University; and Eric Larrabee, managing editor
Portrait of George Orwell
2008 Banned Books Week Article
Books that were challenged or banned in the state of Oregon from July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
Banned Books- September 12, 1984
Kathy List, assistant professor of library science at Drury College, stands over a large group of books in Walker Library that were banned over the years. Published in the Leader & Press on September 12, 1984.
Utah for the 50 State Salute : "We Celebrate the Freedom to Read"
Burning of Disgraced Writings Today
William Noble Interviewed by Don Swaim on October 3, 1990
In this 1990 interview with Don Swaim, William Noble discusses his book, Book Banning. He originally wanted to write the book in a way that tells a story of book banning instead of a journalistic facts-only kind of story. Noble talks about why and where books get banned, and who bans them. Noble and Swaim discuss the famous novels that have been banned in the past.
1998 Daily Sundial Article
Library Book Bans Comic Strip