Book Banning in the USA

Book banning has become an increasingly hot and tense issue across the US right now.

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure.

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Book banning can be defined as when just one parent has concerns about a book for their own child.

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure

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California is a state where book banning is happening right now.

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure.

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Per the map in the article, school book bans are happening most frequently in which region of the US?

• Pacific Northwest

• East Coast

• West Coast

• South East

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Book bans have been triggered by addressing which of the following themes or content? Mark all that apply.

• LGBTQ struggles

• Issues of race and racism

• Stories about teen pregnancy, puberty, and sexual assault.

• Stories about politics and elections

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Most books come from which unique category of writing?

• Picture books

• Memoirs

• Young Adult books

• Religious texts

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Do students have First Amendment rights when in school, including the right to access information and ideas?

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure.

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When banning a book with, for example, two dads and a child, the word that would be applied to this banning is that the material is ...........

• outlandish

• offensive

• obscene

• hurtful

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There is another word that is used to suggest books with same-sex couples are not appropriate reading material. Which word is that?

• Gross

• Unrealistic

• Weird

• Pornographic

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Book banning should concern all of us, even if we don't live somewhere that is seeing a rise in this practice.

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure.