Dewey Decimal System Day
The Dewey Decimal System Day is observed every year on December 10th in honor of Melvil Dewey. December 10, 1851, is the birthday of Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) inventor of...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee #DisruptText
Task: Is the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, an accurate representation of the south in the 1930s? Choose one of the following topics as the...
Author’s Craft
Day Three: In a recent School Library Journal article, Holding History in My Hands: Authors, Illustrators and Artifacts by Daryl Grabarek, author Tonya Bolden shares how old newspapers, photographs,...
Great Depression Primary Sources: Of Mice and Men
John Stienbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. His most famous books were written in the 1930’s and 1940’s, all set in Califonia. His books deal with the...
Black Out Poetry
This week, during Banned Book Week, I have been talking with students about the vocabulary associated with banned books: challenged, banned, expurgation and restricted. These words and discussions lead...
Censorship Resources
Books are still being banned and challenged today. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group....
QR Code Activity
Inigma is a basic app that can make wonderful things happen. When you scan a QR code, you can link to a website, a video, a story, even a book...
Censorship Activity
Your job is to become an expert on the assigned subcategory of censorship. Your home group will research and find answers specific to your subgroup topic. Once an expert,...
First Amendment Explained
The First Amendment, sometimes called Amendment 1, is the first amendment to the United States Constitution and is also one out of ten amendments in the Bill of Rights....