Research Sandbox by Ananya Arun

Reading (and Writing) Is All About Human Connection

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 20:23:02 UTC

This exploratory source says that reading connects people and develops empathy by allowing people to share and interact with each other's thoughts.

Politics and Education

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 20:26:24 UTC

This exploratory source says that in an increasingly-polarized U.S.A, people are attempting to bring politics into education, such as by influencing school board races and banning books.

Book Banning

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 20:27:40 UTC

This exploratory source says that as book banning efforts continue, people with opposing viewpoints, such as the right and the left, are pitted against each other.

Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 20:29:51 UTC

This exploratory source says that book bans are reaching some of the highest numbers in recent times, but people are also uniting to fight those bans.

Don't Avoid Controversial Literature: Your Students' Psychological Health Depends on It

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 20:50:30 UTC

This scholarly source says that controversial literature is important to students' social and emotional development because of the exposure it provides to other cultures and viewpoints.

Confronting Book Banning and Assumed Curricular Neutrality: A Critical Inquiry Framework

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 20:58:50 UTC

This scholarly source talks about how book banning generally targets books about the minority experience and leads to a lack of diversity, and proposes a critical inquiry framework to teach students how to read those texts.

Book Banning in the USA

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 22:05:25 UTC

This is a scholarly source that talks about how the books being banned today are frequently about race or the LGBTQ+ community, and how books are essential to understanding others.

How Literature--Yes, Literature--Can Help you Better Connect with Others

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 22:13:17 UTC

This exploratory sources says that literature helps with the development of empathy and imagination, and helps reduce racial bias.

As Book Bans Soar, Students Are Joining the Fight Against Censorship

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 22:16:01 UTC

This exploratory source says that students are learning to become advocates for their beliefs and communities in their efforts to stop book banning.

Library Book Ban Attempts are at an All-Time High. These Librarians are Fighting Back.

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 22:19:03 UTC

This exploratory source talks about how book banning targets subjects deemed "inappropriate" for children and how librarians are facing consequences for refusing to stop offering those books.

The Experiences We Share: Literature Shows the Human Connection

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 22:22:31 UTC

This exploratory source says that literature is important to helping people to understand how humans are connected, even if we may seem to come from entirely different backgrounds on the surface.

How Books Help Us Connect in Ways the Internet Doesn’t

ananya19arun — 2024-07-14 22:24:16 UTC

This exploratory source talks about how books help develop our synthesis skills and expose us to different perspectives, which is particularly important in a time when we rely on bite-sized pieces of information that are tailored to our interests.