Banned Books Week: September 18 – 24, 2022
About Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of...
Banned Books Week: September 26-October 2, 2021
VICTORY! After a protest by students and community members drew national attention to Central York School District located in Pennsylvania, the school board voted Monday, September 20, 2021, to...
Banned Book Webquest
Step One: Complete the Banned Books Webquest. It is worth 20 points. Step Two: Select a book, series or author that is or has been associated with book banning. To...
What is Glogster?
Glogster is a cloud-based platform for creating presentations and interactive learning. A platform that allows students combine text, images, video, and audio to create an interactive, digital poster. Below...
Banned Books 2020: Censorship is a Dead End. Find Your Freedom to Read.
Banned Books Week, September 27 – October 3, 2020, is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current...
Authors Speak Out #FreeSpeechMatters
Some people might wonder if there is anything protecting an author’s right to publish information and a reader’s right to enjoy it. First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law...
#BookBentos
The origin of bento box can be traced back to the late Kamakura period (1185 to 1333), when cooked and dried rice called hoshi-ii (literally “dried meal”) was developed,...
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....
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,...