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This PowerPoint packet contains signs that we used to demonstrate the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st Century Learner that are supported by our students' engagement with books that contain challenging and controversial material. Feel free to use, share, and build on any of the ideas you find here.
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Caught Reading Banned Books
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“You don’t have to burn books to destroy
a culture; just get people to stop reading
them.”-Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451
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“There are worse crimes than burning
books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky, Russian American Poet and Author
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“Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and
ignorance.”-Lyndon B. Johnson, American President
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“Yes, books are dangerous. They
should be dangerous—they contain ideas.”
-Pete Hautman, author of What Boys Really Want
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“Give me knowledge or give me death!”
-Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse V
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“I write real life. It’s harsh and sometimes gritty…why should we tip toe around that?”
-Shandy L. Kurth, author of It Can Always Get Worse
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Caught Reading Challenged
Books
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Caught Seeking out knowledge
AASL Standard 1
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Caught Forming
Own opinionsAASL Standard 1.2.1, 1.2.4, & 1.3.2
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Caught Considering
Different Points of view
AASL standard 2.3.2
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Caught Thoughtfully confronting
real-life issuesAASL Standard 2.3.1
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Caught Connecting reading
to community issues
AASL Standard 3.1.5
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Caught Displaying curiosity
AASL Standard 4.2.1
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Caught Seeking
opportunities for personal growth
AASL Standard 4.1.1
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Caught Interpreting
information based on context
AASL Standard 4.4.2
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It’s not too late to Get caught Reading!
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Don’t have a QR Code Reader yet?
We used the website KAYWA to create our QR codes for our Banned Book Week displays. This QR Code will take you to the KAYWA website, where you can create your own QR Codes.
To read a QR Code using your iPad, you will need to download a QR Code Reader. We recommend Qrafter, which is free in the App Store.
Using Qrafter:
• Click the “Scan with Camera” icon and point your iPad toward the QR Code you want to scan.
• Once the QR Code is scanned, you can choose to open the URL or to send the link in a message or e-mail.
• Qrafter will save a list of scanned URLs for you so that you can return to sites you’ve previously visited.
Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury
Scan the QR Code to access a copy of Fahrenheit 451 at the Internet Archive website.
The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that was founded to build an Internet library, and to offer permanent access to information for researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. Does Paper Really Burn at 451 Degrees Fahrenheit?Scan the QR Code to read the Slate.com article by Brian Palmer that addresses this question.
Slate is a daily magazine on the web that offers analysis and commentary about politics, news, business, and culture.
CommonlyChallenged books
Scan the QR Code to view Butler University Library’s resource guide about books that have been challenged throughout the years.
Butler University Library is part of the Butler University Campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. While there are many online resources about challenged books, this resource guide is easy to navigate and full of great information!
You probably see quite a few familiar titles on this list.
Do any of those titles surprise you?
Did any of the reasons the books were challenged surprise you?
Challenged booksBy the Numbers
Scan the QR Code to view the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom’s data charts and graphs about challenged books in the U.S.
This site uses visual representations of data to show Book Challenges by reason for the challenge, people who often initiate challenges (students, parents, teachers, etc.), and by the type of institution involved (school, public library, etc.).
When you look at these charts about challenged books, what do you think?
What do you think when you see how often books are challenged in schools and school libraries compared to how often books are challenged in public libraries? Or, compared to prison libraries?
Grapes of Wrathand the politics of book burning
Scan the QR Code to listen to the NPR story “Grapes of Wrath” and the Politics of Book Burning.
Lynn Neary, who is responsible for the linked story, is an NPR (National Public Radio) arts correspondent who has worked with NPR since 1982, and who has won numerous awards for broadcasting and journalism.
What do you think of the following quote in the article from Judith Krug?
“They’re not afraid of the book; they’re afraid of the ideas.”
Can you think of any controversial books you have read recently for which that statement is true?
Why do we Ban Books, Anyway?
Scan the QR Code to find one answer.
Do you want to share your own thoughts about challenged and banned books?
Submit your thoughts to our Panther Media Center blog by scanning the QR code at right and commenting on the Banned Book Week post.
Or email your thoughts to [email protected]
Banning Books in the 21st century video
Scan the QR Code to view Rocketboom’s fast-paced and informative video.
Knowledge is Power