Slideshow by Joselyn Barber https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69 en-us 2025-02-28 16:41:49 UTC 2025-03-04 17:09:36 UTC hello@padlet.com The Undefeated - Kwame Alexander barber0030 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346872129 Title

The Undefeated


Author

Kwame Alexander

]]> 2025-02-28 16:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346872129 When and Where was it banned? ehead0014 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346886582 The Undefeated was banned in August 2021 in the Central York school district located in Pennsylvania.

]]> 2025-02-28 16:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346886582 Who Challenged it? barber0030 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346888767 Background

  • The Conscious Kid

    • Non-profit organization

    • Focuses - Equity, promoting racial development

Who challenged this book?

  • Parents / Grandparents

]]> 2025-02-28 17:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346888767 Why Was It Banned? barber0030 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346896291

  • Students asking questions about certain subjects

    • Environment

    • Race

    • Immigration

    • Bullying

    • Historical Figures with diverse backgrounds

    • Further reason...

    • Teachers not being able to provide resources

    • Teachers struggling to have conversations to address topics

    • Teachers struggling to assist students with their concerns

    ]]>     2025-02-28 17:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346896291     Response and outcome ehead0014 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346899853 The immediate response was an act of protest by the students because, along with the Undefeated, hundreds of other books were also challenged. Which by the end, the undefeated was fully banned.

    ]]>     2025-02-28 17:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346899853     Connection to 1984 barber0030 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346907924 How does this case relate to the themes of censorship and control in 1984?

    • Asking questions - Questions are unawnserable or answered wrongfully

    • Limiting knowledge of the past - Historical Figures

      1984 - Shows the dangers of limiting information to the public





    What would the Party (1984) think about this book? Would they approve of banning it? Why or why not?


    Thoughts -

    • Good, if they could change it to favor the Party

      • "Who controls the past controls the future"

      • "Power is in tearing human minds to pieces an putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing"

    Approval of banning?

    • Yes

      • Reason for being written - Inauguration of President Obama

      • Historical figures - Olympics, rights, etc.

    Why approve of banning?

    • Difies the Party - Proves that there was a time before the Party, doublethink, etc. When there was freedom

    • People read this book - There would be rebellion/resistance - People would overthrow The Party, and the Party no longer has control

    ]]>     2025-02-28 17:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346907924     Sources barber0030 https://padlet.com/barber0030/qtvd1x2qywos1l69/wish/3346909391 https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/undefeated/


    https://substack.com/home/post/p-151612188?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web#:~:text=Banning%20books%20isn't%20just,to%20suit%20those%20in%20power.

    https://study.com/academy/lesson/totalitarianism-in-1984.html

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