https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds Choose at least 6 sources to include evidence from in your small group discussion! en-us 2022-01-31 17:28:43 UTC 2025-10-31 13:58:29 UTC hello@padlet.com jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021828044 Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.]]> 2022-01-31 17:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021828044 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021828721 Hundreds of students, parents and residents in York County, Pa., protested limits on books told from the perspective of gay, Black and Latino children.]]> 2022-01-31 17:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021828721 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021828952 The board voted unanimously to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel from classrooms because it contained swear words, according to minutes from the meeting.]]> 2022-01-31 17:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021828952 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829184 It’s Banned Books Week — more evidence that banning books is about as useless as trying to ban air.]]> 2022-01-31 17:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829184 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829368 Critical race theory battles hit libraries.]]> 2022-01-31 17:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829368 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829526 Finding my work thus blacklisted disturbingly evoked a childhood during which I was shunned and abused for being gay, in which I felt ashamed, defenseless, sad and epically vulnerable. I had written my book to help people, and now it was being held up as derelict and unpatriotic.]]> 2022-01-31 17:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829526 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829670 A new state law constricts teachers when it comes to race and history. And a politician is questioning why 850 titles are on library shelves. The result: “A lot of our teachers are petrified.”]]> 2022-01-31 17:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2021829670 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022200431 An Oklahoma lawmaker introduced a bill that, if passed, would allow parents to demand that certain books be removed from school libraries. Critics say the bill only stigmatizes LGBTQ+ identities and hurts students seeking information about them.]]> 2022-01-31 20:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022200431 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022207864 Parents are fervently advocating for schoolchildren to read less about race, gender, and sexuality by trying to force certain books out of student libraries altogether—the latest salvo in America’s culture war for young minds.]]> 2022-01-31 20:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022207864 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022208848 Attempts to remove books from school libraries have increased, spurred by activism from conservative parent groups and resistance to teaching socially progressive ideas in schools.]]> 2022-01-31 20:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022208848 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022210159 Republican state lawmakers continue their investigation into the alleged presence of "obscene" reading materials in Texas school libraries, spurring districts like San Antonio's North East ISD to launch their own inquiries.]]> 2022-01-31 20:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022210159 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022212605 These Black mothers don't want their kids taught 'whitewashed history.']]> 2022-01-31 20:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022212605 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022215204 In October 2021, Matt Krause, a Texas lawmaker, sent a list of 850 books to Texas school districts that he labeled as books that could “make students feel anguish, or any form of psychological distress because of their race or sex”, and advised the districts to review them and remove them from their libraries. The subjects of said books range from: educational nonfiction books about racial equality/racial issues, resources about how to have safe sex, Roe vs. Wade, books about gender identity, and stories with LGBTQ centered relationships.]]> 2022-01-31 20:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022215204 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022217843 The McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee voted 10-0 to remove "Maus," the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the experiences of Holocaust survivors, from it's eighth grade language arts curriculum. The book's author, Art Spiegelman, responds to the school board's action.]]> 2022-01-31 20:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022217843 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022219526 These Texas students organized a backlash to the backlash, reasserting their right for open inquiry and critical thinking in their education.]]> 2022-01-31 20:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022219526 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022221086 Students in a southern Pennsylvania school district are battling the latest example of panic spreading over how history and race are taught in schools across the US. "I don't think a moral compass will let you ban books about equality and loving each other," Central York High School senior Christina Ellis told CNN.]]> 2022-01-31 20:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022221086 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022222601 The movement to ban books about race, gender and sexuality, including titles like Fences and The Handmaid's Tale, has gained steam from politicians around the country.]]> 2022-01-31 20:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022222601 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022224834 Since at least 213 BCE, book burnings have been a reaction to the power of the written word. When roasting paper in a giant circle went out of style (at least in the intellectual sphere), the governments would take it upon itself to ban books. However, when we talk about book bannings today, we are usually discussing a specific choice made by individual schools, school districts, and libraries made in response to the moralistic outrage of some group.]]> 2022-01-31 20:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022224834 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022226411 Librarians focused on making their collections more reflective of the increasingly diverse community in their schools are now under threat by parents who deem their book selections offensive.

]]> 2022-01-31 20:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022226411 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022229220 A number of books by Black authors are being taken out of circulation as at least 9 states have recently passed bills that would ban teaching about racism in the classroom. NBC News’ Joshua Johnson speaks with Jerry Craft, the children’s author behind the award-winning graphic novel “New Kid” which was pulled from library shelves in a Texas school district.]]> 2022-01-31 20:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022229220 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022231331 These days, Harry Potter seems to be beloved by everyone on the planet.  Generations of Potter fans look back fondly on the series of books and movies that have spanned most of their lives. But in the early days of Harry Potter fandom, there were a lot of people who thought differently. Leading to the Harry Potter books being one of the most banned books in all of America.]]> 2022-01-31 20:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2022231331 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023478652 Two-thirds of American millennials surveyed in a recent poll cannot identify what Auschwitz is, according to a study released on Holocaust Remembrance Day that found that knowledge of the genocide that killed 6 million Jews during World War II is not robust among American adults.]]> 2022-02-01 14:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023478652 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023975059 2022-02-01 18:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023975059 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023976310 2022-02-01 18:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023976310 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023977578 2022-02-01 18:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023977578 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023980119 2022-02-01 18:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023980119 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023981340 Since the 1800s, attitudes about which books are “appropriate” for kids to read have too often suppressed stories about different cultures and life experiences.]]> 2022-02-01 18:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023981340 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023993220 Top three pros and cons on banned books.]]> 2022-02-01 18:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023993220 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023997213 Ray Bradbury wrote “Fahrenheit 451” as a response to the McCarthyism of the 1950s. The novel is about a future America where books are illegal, and workers known as “firemen” have the job of burning any that are found. Celebrated as a signature example of Dystopian literature, the novel serves as a cautionary tale of what could be.

]]> 2022-02-01 18:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2023997213 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2024019544 2022-02-01 18:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2024019544 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2024031142 The point of books is to provide a new perspective for readers. Books are supposed to allow your mind to create a new way of thinking. They are meant to allow you to have a moment in which you can believe in an imaginary world that society would never allow. ]]> 2022-02-01 18:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2024031142 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2024034841 The most challenged books of 2020 were "George," "Stamped" and "All American Boys," according to the American Library Association.]]> 2022-02-01 18:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2024034841 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033183214 South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent a letter to the state's department of education this week about Gender Queer: A Memoir, a book he wants investigated.]]> 2022-02-07 14:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033183214 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033184510 The battle over what we read isn’t about to end anytime soon.]]> 2022-02-07 14:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033184510 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033186772 It’s been seven weeks since my memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue has been banned in now more than 10 states (with one criminal complaint discharged but the potential for more on the way) — and I realize that my fight is one of tradition, not of chance.]]> 2022-02-07 14:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033186772 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033188787 A North Texas school district apologized late Thursday after an administrator advised teachers that if they have books about the Holocaust in their classrooms, they should also include reading materials that have “opposing” perspectives of the genocide that killed millions of Jews.]]> 2022-02-07 14:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2033188787 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2035797506 2022-02-08 15:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2035797506 jbaird27 https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2035799462 2022-02-08 15:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jbaird27/wnbdqff1b884d5ds/wish/2035799462