PPT-What is banned books week and why do we celebrate it?

CI 551 Inquiry Project Janette Cremeans Stem Questions Why are books banned and challenged What books have been banned and challenged Why is intellectual freedom important What prevents people from banning any book they think is objectionable. alaorgbbooks Books Challenged or Banned in 20092010 Robert P Doyle Sponsored by American Booksellers Association American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression American Library Associati on American Society of Journalists and Authors Associatio March Madness style brackets for library programs. Alvin Dantes. Head of Access Services. SUNY Oneonta. The Bracket. Banned Books Week 2012. Banned Books Week 2012. Banned Books Week .  Banned Books Month. United States Today???. Yes, it can still happen at a school near you!. --. Michele . Heintz. (. mheintz2@syrdiocese.org. ). Notre Dame Jr./Sr. High School. Utica, NY 2013. Steps of the PPA. (Public Policy Analyst). September 24. th. – October 1. st. Why are books banned and challenged? What does that mean to me?. Banned Books Week. Annual event . Learn about the . process of banning or challenging books. Learn about . What is censorship?. “Hundreds . of books have been either removed or challenged in schools and libraries in the United States every year. According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were at least 326 in 2011. ALA estimates that 70 to 80 percent are never reported. By Samantha Mazzeo and Nikole Sullivan. The Diary of Anne Frank. , written over a two-year period, tells about Anne’s life while she and her family are in hiding in Holland. They are staying in a secret attic of the office building where Mr. Frank used to work, in order to escape from the Nazis during World War II. During their stay in the annex, they are supported by several people in the office building, who risk their own lives to insure the secrecy of the Jewish hideout and to provide them with basic food and supplies.. Banned . Books . W. eek. The stories are about fearsome journeys. . Their about. . bogeymen. ,. . monsters. , . demons. , . ghosts. , and . evil things. . They can give you the “. heebee jeebies. Michael Howard. mikehow@microsoft.com. Who Is This Guy?. mikehow@microsoft.com. Christian (imperfect in every possible way!). Microsoft employee for 20 years. Always in security. Worked on the Microsoft SDL since inception. Why ?. Before the printing press, burning books was an effective form of censorship. . Each book was handmade, so there were . only a few . books. . You could. . control ideas and information by burning books. . Celebrating the freedom to read. How not to have to dry the dishes. shel. . silverstein. How not to have to dry the dishes. Challenged and then banned at Cunningham Elementary School in Wisconsin because it, “encourages children to break dishes so they won’t have to dry them.” . Book Options:. Ender’s Game . by Orson Scott Card . Catcher in the Rye . by J.D. Salinger. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . by Mark Twain. ***. Teacher’s Note: . If you have already read one of these selections, choose one of the other two. Do . WHAT IS A BANNED BOOK?. A banned book is a book . or other printed works (such as an essay or play) which is prohibited by law or to which free access is not permitted by other means. . The . practice of banning books is a form of . Content. Language. Themes. Sexual innuendos. Drug reference. Political views. Inaccurate information. What Lessons are Students missing?. Huck Finn – . Huck says, ‘All right, then, I'll go to hell.’ He tears up the note to Miss Watson in which he meant to betray his friend. He has done the loneliest, bravest work there is - making a life-or-death decision against the law. . .” . Declaration of Independence. Celebrate Freedom Week. September 25-29, 2017. Commemorating the . Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence . Established a New Nation. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence while meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..