Post on 20-May-2015
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The Forbidden Banned BooksCelebrating 30 Years of Liberating Literacy
Desirée Moore, Goddard High Library Media SpecialistDee Stoecker, Dodge City Library Media Specialist
What is Banned Books Week?• Began celebrating in 1982• Always the last week in September• Goal: – to highlight benefits of free, open access to
information – to draw attention to harms of censorship by
spotlighting attempts to ban books• Celebrated by librarians, educators,
booksellers, authors, and civil liberties groups.
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PROGRAMMING IDEAS FORCELEBRATING BANNED BOOKS WEEK
• Newbie: Start simple.
Newbie: Start simple.Create a display to celebrate Banned Books.
Newbie: Start simple.Create a display to celebrate Banned Books.
Newbie: Start simple.Create a display to celebrate Banned Books.
Newbie: Start simple.Create a display to celebrate Banned Books.
Newbie: Start simple.Create a display to celebrate Banned Books.
Newbie: Start simple.Create a display to celebrate Banned Books.
PROGRAMMING IDEAS FORCELEBRATING BANNED BOOKS WEEK
• Newbie: Start simple.
• Activist: Take it up a notch.
Activist: Take it up a notchTake the display to the shelves.
Activist: Take it up a notchIncorporate books throughout the library.
Activist: Take it up a notchMake your display interactive.
PROGRAMMING IDEAS FORCELEBRATING BANNED BOOKS WEEK
• Newbie: Start simple.
• Activist: Take it up a notch.
• Book Defender: Plan an Program.
Book Defender: Plan a ProgramShow Virtual Readouts or other BBW Videos.
Book Defender: Plan a ProgramCreate a survey and give reward for completing it.
Book Defender: Plan a ProgramCreate a promotion for readers of banned books.
Book Defender: Plan a ProgramCreate a scavenger hunt involving banned books.
Book Defender: Plan a ProgramHost a panel on censorship & intellectual freedom.
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Invite public librarians, authors, journalists, parents, school board members, etc. to sit on the panel and participate in the
conversation.
Book Defender: Plan a ProgramHold a contest for students with a significant prize.
POSTERS
PERSUASIVE ESSAYS
LETTERS TO AUTHORS
LETTERS TO SCHOOL BOARDSCOMMERCIALS
BOOK REVIEWS
INTE
RVIE
WS
PROGRAMMING IDEAS FORCELEBRATING BANNED BOOKS WEEK
• Newbie: Start simple.
• Activist: Take it up a notch.
• Book Defender: Plan an Program.
• Conspirator: Recruit collaborators.
Conspirator: Recruit CollaboratorsCollaborate with the Government Teachers
on a project on First Amendment Rights.
ActivismFreedom of SpeechCourt CasesSocial Responsibility
Conspirator: Recruit CollaboratorsCollaborate with the Fine Arts Instructors on
a project on censorship in the arts.
Lyrics as Free Speech
Censorship of Famous Works of ArtCreate posters on
censorship
Conspirator: Recruit CollaboratorsCollaborate with the English Teachers on a
project examining banned books.
Novel study of a banned book
Lett
ers
to th
e Ed
itor
Trial of a book
Read excerpts of
banned books
Conspirator: Recruit CollaboratorsCollaborate with Social Studies Teachers on a project on historical Instances of censorship.
Nazi book burning
McCarthyism
Conspirator: Recruit CollaboratorsCollaborate with Journalism Teachers on a
project on censorship of the media.
Censorship vs. Ethics
Free Speech
Conspirator: Recruit CollaboratorsGet as many collaborators involved as
you can to insure the most success!
PROGRAMMING IDEAS FORCELEBRATING BANNED BOOKS WEEK
• Newbie: Start simple.
• Activist: Take it up a notch.
• Book Defender: Plan an Program.
• Conspirator: Recruit collaborators.
• Freedom Champion: Sky’s the limit
Freedom Champion: Sky’s the limitYou are only limited by your imagination!
Freedom Champion: Sky’s the limitYou are only limited by your imagination!
It’s About Advocacy
• In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written. I mourn the voices that will be silenced -- writers’ voices, teachers’ voices, students’ voices -- and all because of fear [of censorship]. – Judy Blume in Places I Never Meant to Be
Resources to Help You
Resources to Help You
Resources to Help You
Manifesto by Ellen Hopkins
To you zealots and bigots and falsepatriots who live in fear of discourse.You screamers and banners and burnerswho would force booksoff shelves in your brand nameof greater good.
Manifesto by Ellen Hopkins
You say you're afraid for children,innocents ripe for corruptionby perversion or sorcery on the page.But sticks and stones do breakbones, and ignorance is no armor.You do not speak for me,and will not deny my kids magicin favor of miracles.
Manifesto by Ellen Hopkins
You say you're afraid for America,the red, white, and blue corrodedby terrorists, socialists, the sexuallyconfused. But we are a vast quiltof patchwork cultures and multi-genderedidentities. You cannot speak for thosewhose ancestors braved different seas.
Manifesto by Ellen Hopkins
You say you're afraid for God,the living word eroded by Muhammedand Darwin and Magdalene.But the omnipotent sculptor of heavenand earth designed intelligence.Surely you dare not speakfor the father, who openshis arms to all.
Manifesto by Ellen Hopkins
A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.