Censorship--Banned+Books


 * American Library Association Banned Books Link[[image:freadomposter2007.jpg width="340" height="440"]] || Take a look at some of the most frequently challenged books today.

American Library Association Banned Books Link Choose one of the books from this list that you want to investigate further. Find out more about the book and why it was banned, and make a post on the "Banned Books" page of this Wiki to share with the class by clicking on that page and then clicking "Edit". Make sure you sign your post, so you get credit for your work. To post images, etc. it works best to save the image to your computer and then upload to the wiki page.

In your post, make sure you include— 1. Image of book cover 2. 3-5 sentence summary of the book (read a summary on amazon.com and rewrite it in your own words) 3. WHY the book has been challenged or banned—bullet points are fine, it doesn’t need to be full sentences 4. Opponents of the book—WHO is against the book? Identify a group or organization that challenged the book or the name of an individual. 5. Two interesting facts or quote about the controversy surrounding the book. **Make sure you put quotes in quotations marks and identify who said it. 6. YOUR OPINION— your opinion of the controversy about the book and the reasons why it was challenged. What do you think????????? ||