https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6 Reasons for the Banning/Challenging of "My Brother Sam is Dead" en-us 2020-05-04 19:12:37 UTC 2025-06-05 11:56:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f51e.png katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547471607 1.) Language & Profanity
2.) Alcohol Consumption & Underage Drinking
3.) Violence
4.) Unpatriotic Views of the American Revolution]]> 2020-05-03 19:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547471607 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547551096 Click play to see examples of profanity used in My Brother Sam is Dead. 
*Another example not included in the video is that the novel also makes use of "Jesus" or "God" in a non-religious manner, violating the 2nd Commandment of not to take the Lord's name in vain."*]]> 2020-05-03 20:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547551096 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547553083 Click play to hear more about drinking in the novel My Brother Sam is Dead.]]> 2020-05-03 20:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547553083 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547572681 2020-05-03 20:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547572681 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547599502 Americans have long withheld the belief that in the American Revolution, the Americans are the "good guys" and the British are the "bad guys." For example, many students learn in school that the Boston Massacre began with British soldiers opening fire on Boston colonists for no reason. However, once researched further, the colonists are described as taunting and jeering at one singular British soldier and igniting a fight. My Brother Sam is Dead portrays the image that in fact both the Patriots and British soldiers do terrible things to each other. Neither side are portrayed as heroes in the novel - both sides cause death and agony for Tim. ]]> 2020-05-03 20:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547599502 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547607660 1984 - Georgia 
1989 - Ohio 
1991 - South Carolina 
1993 - Kansas 
1994 - California, Pennsylvania 
1996 - California, Colorado 
1998 - Virginia 
1999/2000 - Illinois 
2000 - Pennsylvania
2009 - Georgia

]]> 2020-05-03 21:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547607660 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547630492 Anger over the use of "God" and "Jesus" in a profane way.]]> 2020-05-03 21:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547630492 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547638737 In addition to worries over the profanity in the book, two parents were upset over the graphic descriptions of the deaths of Ned and Sam. ]]> 2020-05-03 21:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547638737 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547639280 #1 March - Staunton - A mother was upset over the use of the language in the novel. She wasn't bother by the violence so much as the language.
#2 December - Hampton - There was anger over the usage of the words "damn," "bastard," and "hell."]]> 2020-05-03 21:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547639280 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547648662 A grandmother counted 25 uses of profanity in the book during a visit to her granddaughter's fifth grade classroom. She claimed not to want censorship, but rather than the book just be acceptable to everyone. ]]> 2020-05-03 21:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547648662 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547655418 5th grade parents were concerned over the profane language usage and descriptions of violence.]]> 2020-05-03 21:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547655418 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547657360 The Southern Columbia school district decided that the profanity neither added nor detracted from the novel. They gave parents the option of having their students read the book with profane language blacked out or not. ]]> 2020-05-03 21:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/547657360 katkurre94 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/550222252 5th grade parents were disturbed over the "offensive language" and "graphic violence" of the novel - they claimed that no matter the context, they language and violence was not okay. ]]> 2020-05-04 18:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/550222252 https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/550775287 2020-05-04 23:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katkurre94/k2kpkj96o5x9fme6/wish/550775287