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 Writing Prompt Activity
A writing prompt can be a question, a short statement or an idea to help students get started with the sometimes difficult writing process. Integrate a small piece of...
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,...
Biography Challenge
Inspired by NPR: Do you identify as a Beatles fan? Maybe yes, maybe no? For this assignment you will use the TZHS databases and resources as a springboard to...
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....
About Citations
If you think about it, much of the information that goes into a paper or article can be organized into three groups: “common knowledge” “my ideas”, and “other people’s...
APA Style
The American Psychological Association (APA) Style is a set of rules for citing sources and formatting papers. The purpose of this guide is to serve as a ready reference...
MLA Style
The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is a set of rules for citing sources and formatting papers. The purpose of this guide is to serve as a ready reference...
Chicago Manual Style
Chicago Manual Style (CMS) has two documentation styles: notes and bibliographyand author-date (Turabian) reference. This formatting guide will provide the basics for formatting, key bibliographic features, and examples of citation for both above mentioned...