https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac en-us 2017-04-11 19:49:11 UTC 2026-02-25 23:48:10 UTC hello@padlet.com nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973588 http://www.webjunction.org/documents/webjunction/Book_Censorship_in_Schools_A_Toolkit.html]]> 2017-04-11 19:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973588 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973696 Often, objections come from parents or other members of the community taking certain parts out of context from the whole.]]> 2017-04-11 19:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973696 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973923 Literary and educational value is ignored. Religious grounds have long been cited as a reason for censoring books,]]> 2017-04-11 19:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973923 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973966 Books are often challenged for the language they contain, even though profanity is often used in literature to convey social or historical context, local dialect, or simply to better depict reactions to real-life situations.]]> 2017-04-11 19:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165973966 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974108 Books containing racial epithets or historical truths regarding their usage regularly come under fire. Race is often cited in challenges to Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn ]]> 2017-04-11 19:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974108 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974663 Disagreement with a specific idea or message, and personal objections to materials on religious, political or social grounds, are the most common grounds for challenges]]> 2017-04-11 19:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974663 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974731 Such concerns may justify a parent's request that his or her child be assigned alternate material, and many school policies provide this as an alternative to removing a book for an entire class.

]]> 2017-04-11 19:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974731 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974769 "if strong feelings about a given text are shared more widely, this may instead suggest the need for teachers and school officials to better explain the educational value of the material and ways in which any perceived harms can be alleviated."]]> 2017-04-11 19:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974769 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974920 "But such personal viewpoint-based concerns, standing alone, rarely justify the removal of a book or other material—and may raise First Amendment issues."]]> 2017-04-11 19:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165974920 nshart19 https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165975139 A school’s policy should include the utilization of a committee—often composed of instructional staff, library staff, and administrators, and occasionally students and parents—to review complaints with an eye towards the pedagogical value of the work]]> 2017-04-11 20:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nshart19/5unqeszjyfac/wish/165975139