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Banned Books and Censorship
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will be able to consider why schools attempt to censor books and what the impact has been
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.3
Structure:
Students might remember from their research on Judy Blume's life on Day 1 that Judy Blume does a great deal of work to combat censorship, and that many parents have made her books the subject of schoolwide bans in the past. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret has been challenged or banned frequently.
Show students the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and ask them to break down what it means when...
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