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Any work is potentially open to attack by someone, somewhere, sometime, for some reason. This lesson introduces students to censorship and how challenges to books occur. They are then invited to read challenged or banned books from the American Library Association's list of the most frequently challenged books. Students decide for themselves what should be done with these books at their school by writing a persuasive essay explaining their perspectives. Students share their pieces with the rest of the class, and as an extension activity, can share their essays with teachers, librarians, and others in their school.
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T-Chart Printout: This printable sheet allows students to keep notes on parts of books that they believe might be challenged, as well as supporting reasons.

Persuasive Writing Rubric: Use this rubric to evaluate the organization, conventions, goal, delivery, and mechanics of students' persuasive writing. The rubric can be adapted for any persuasive essay.

Persuasion Map: Use this online tool to map out and print your persuasive argument. Included are spaces to map out your thesis, three reasons, and supporting details.

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There are times that the books that are part of our curriculum are found to be questionable or offensive by other groups. Should teachers stop using those texts? Should the books be banned from schools? No! "Censorship leaves students with an inadequate and distorted picture of the ideals, values, and problems of their culture. Partly because of censorship or the fear of censorship, many writers are ignored or inadequately represented in the public schools, and many are represented in anthologies not by their best work but by their 'safest' or 'least offensive' work," as stated in the NCTE Guideline.

What then should the English teacher do? "Freedom of inquiry is essential to education in a democracy. To establish conditions essential for freedom, teachers and administrators need to work together. The community that entrusts students to the care of an English teacher should also trust that teacher to exercise professional judgment in selecting or recommending books. The English teacher can be free to teach literature, and students can be free to read whatever they wish only if informed and vigilant groups, within the profession and without, unite in resisting unfair pressures." This is the Students' Right to Read.

Further Reading

National Council of Teachers of English. 1981. Guideline on The Students' Right to Read. November 2009. Web.

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A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books - ReadWriteThink

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Any work is potentially open to attack by someone, somewhere, sometime, for some reason. This lesson introduces students to censorship and how challenges to books occur. They are then invited to read challenged or banned books from the American Library Association’s list of the most frequently challenged books.

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Has study guides by topic.

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Unit plan/ activities and rubrics

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RSS Curriki supports you with thousands of thoroughly vetted online learning activities in all major K-12 subject areas in many formats.

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- great way to search other repositories
-links to full courses (nroc)
-you could make playlists
-correlation with textbooks

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OER Commons was very useful in connecting lesson and all the resources needed for that lesson. The website led to useful resources that was reinforced what students are learning using visuals such as a simulated scene of the pollution and a graph which was plotted based on variations in the inputs.

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Factors that Affect Air Quality - High-Adventure Science Interactive

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How do wind, rain and solar radiation affect air quality? How might some methods of reducing emissions affect air quality? Click the play button to start the model, adjust the sliders to create different conditions and look at how each variable changes the air quality index over time.

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Khan Academy does not have any resources for Earth Science.

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After reviewing the list of resources, the English resources provided focuses on learning English and Spelling. The site does not provides literary texts for ELA purposes

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Latin Food Spanish : County Cable Montgomery : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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texts All Texts latest This Just In Smithsonian Libraries FEDLINK (US) Genealogy Lincoln Collection Additional Collections

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Music Latin Spanish : County Cable Montgomery : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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texts All Texts latest This Just In Smithsonian Libraries FEDLINK (US) Genealogy Lincoln Collection Additional Collections

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found a unit plan that included a range of resources/differentiated LPs https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/grade-12-common-core-english-lesson-plans-pearl-critical-perspectives-254105

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https://open-video.org/
Dated user interface, but relevant videos by grade, content area. Downloadable

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I found episodes of forensic files which I use in my forensics course.

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Forensic Files : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even...

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After checking the website I found a lesson that I thought was sufficient to teach students about the Plate Tectonics in very little time.

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Well organized with an inviting, user friendly homepage. I found a video on beginning programming with php right away:

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Beginning Programming with PHP : H Fox : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Drupal is written using PHP (and js, html, css, but primarily PHP), so it can be quite useful to know a bit of PHP/some basics of programming. Session will...

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I also found a good resource on hate speech vs free speech:

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Hate Speech is not Free Speech : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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A short video urging people to vote against the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI). The video features footage from a rally held in Jackson, Michigan by...

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check out the forum on movies entering the public domain:

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Internet Archive Forums: Re: LIST OF FILMS ENTERING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

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texts All Texts latest This Just In Smithsonian Libraries FEDLINK (US) Genealogy Lincoln Collection Additional Collections

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I looked for (and found) resources to help students who wish to learn more on their own, such as writing their first resumes and teaching themselves the basics of programming

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Lesson focuses on how software engineers design computer games and other software. Student teams work together to develop a simple computer program using free software that is available in multiple languages. Teams evaluate the games developed by other teams and present findings to the class.