Banned Books slideshow
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Banned Books Week
A Multimedia Awareness Campaign
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Banned Books Week
Celebrating More Than Thirty Years of the Freedom to Read
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
-First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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But, sometimes governmental or public agencies are also asked to restrict what others can read.
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CENSORSHIP IS THE EXAMINATION, SUPERVISION, AND/OR CONTROL OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS WITHIN ACCESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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Why?
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Why? Often for inappropriate language.
It won the 2006 award for Excellence in Young Adult Lit.
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Totally Joe by James Howe
Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
Why? For Graphic Illustrations & Language
Funny thing? The book is about the freedom of speech.
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And many, many more...
This bibliography represents books challenged, restricted,
removed, or banned in 2013 and 2014 as reported in the
Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom from May 2013 to March 2014.
http://www.ila.org/BannedBooks/ALA016%20Short%20List%20L3c_low%20%281%29.pd...
removed, or banned in 2013 and 2014 as reported in the
Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom from May 2013 to March 2014.
http://www.ila.org/BannedBooks/ALA016%20Short%20List%20L3c_low%20%281%29.pd...
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What can you do?
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The Supreme Court ruled in Board of Education, Island Trees v. Pico that public school boards could not remove a book from the library “simply because they disliked the ideas contained in those books.” In its 1982 decision, the Court said a balance must be struck between the school’s role as an educator and the students’ rights of access to materials. Justice Harry A. Blackmun elaborated, saying that books should be removed only when a book more relevant to the curriculum was available or when other “politically neutral” reasons were present. The Court’s decision, however, did not halt public challenges to school books and materials.
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3. Support your schools and libraries.
For more info, visit http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/.
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