Banned Books

A parent asks a school to remove Captain Underpants from the school library because it encourages children to disobey authority. This book has been...

• challenged

• banned

• burned

• destroyed

What do you think about the efforts to remove books from classrooms and school libraries?

• I agree with it

• I don't agree with it

• I think that SOME books should be banned

• I can think of a better alternative solution

How do book bans impact students?

• Positively. Good can come out of book bans.

• Negatively. No good can come out of book bans.

How should schools handle families' concerns about controversial books?

• Don't allow any students to read the book they're concerned about

• Don't allow that specific student to read that book

• Ignore families

A book is challenged when someone attempts to remove or restrict people's access to it

• True

• False

A book is banned when the challenge is successful and access to the book becomes restricted or impossible.

• False

• True

Imagine there is a book in your school library that you find offensive. What would you want to see happen? (Select all that apply.)

• I would want to see the book removed from my school's library.

• 
  I would want the book to remain in my school's library so others can read it if they wish.

• I would want to learn about that book in class and talk about why it is controversial.

• I would like to burn the book in the library.

Banning a book is against the First Amendment

• True

• False

What change, if any should be made in the following sentence? The last week of Setpember is Banned Books Week.

• Delete the "s" in Books

• Add a comma after of

• Change Setpember to September

• Make no change

What change, if any should be made in the following sentence? The last week of September is Baned Books Week.

• Change Baned to Banned

• Add a comma after of

• Change the period to a question mark

• Make no change