Banned+Books+Week

Banned Books Week Theme for 2017
 The Office for Intellectual Freedom unveiled the American Library Association’s new theme for Banned Books Week: Words have power. The words in challenged books have the power to unite literary communities and offer new perspectives; and your words have the power to challenge censorship.

//Stock up on Banned Books Week swag at the ALA Store! //


 * CLSA Conference 2016, San Diego[[image:2015-06-27 10.58.22.jpg width="320" height="320" align="left"]]**


 * Presenters:**
 * Heather Gruenthal**
 * Long Beach Unified School District**


 * Joy Millam**
 * Placentia Yorba Linda School District**
 * Valencia High School**

Highlight the ones you have in your library [|ALA's List of Most Frequently Challenged Books 2000-2009]
 * Activity 1:**
 * Pick up a list of the top 100 Banned Books in the last 10 years**


 * Activity 2**
 * Do you Tweet? Follow @hgruenthal @ReaderJoy @BannedBooksWeek**

This idea comes from Lamoille Union Middle and High School Media Center Numbers to make your own lineup Caught reading text for lineup
 * Activity 3**
 * Take a photo with your favorite Banned Book[[image:BBW Student.JPG width="288" height="384" align="left"]]**

Tweet your picture #BannedBooksWeek #CSLA16

Get detailed instructions at: Mrs G Talks Books

Make a book cover for your Banned Books Week Display
 * Activity 4**

Make a Book Mark
 * Activity 5**

What's your Problem Issues Book Wall Brainstorm a list of books for a Teen Issues Book Talk
 * Activity 6**

Blackout Poetry Prezi by Laura Randazzo Get the Lesson for Censored Poetry
 * Activity 7**

Give a Banned Books Week Booktalk using Author Quotes and reasons for Challenges in the Banned Books Resource Guide: 11 Quotes from Banned Authors Banned Books Week Quotes on GoodReads PowerPoint by Joy Millam
 * Activity 8**

Where can you find these amazing ideas? Create an account on Pinterest and follow Heather's (gruenthal_h) Banned Books Week Board School Library Journal's Banned Books Week Board
 * Activity 9**


 * Activity 10**
 * Banned Books Week Action Plan**

Mark your calendar for the next Banned Boos Week (usually the last week of September)
 * Today:**

Find your board policy on removal of instructional Materials Find the forms needed to challenge Instructional Materials
 * As soon as you return to campus**

Create your "Caught Reading a Banned Book" Background
 * Summer Project:**

Order your Banned Books Week Materials Banned Books Resource Guide Banned Books Trading Cards
 * By August:**

Put up your displays Pull Books from ALA's top 100 list
 * September 1**

Put Announcement in the Bulletin
 * The Week Before Banned Books Week:**

What do The Giver, Harry Potter and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer have in common? They have all been “Banned Books.” That means they were removed from a school or public library because someone did not agree with the ideas expressed in them. People who ban books think they have good reasons; usually book banners feel they are protecting children from ideas that are not suitable for their age level. Although Orangeview’s library has many books that have been banned in other places, these library books have been chosen as appropriate for the junior high level. You are free to read any books in the Orangeview library. Only you and your parents can decide what ideas are right for your family. Come by the library today and celebrate your freedom to read during “Banned Books Week.”

Banned Books Week is a good time to remind teachers of your District's Challenge Of Instructional Materials Policy. Here's a copy of the newsletter/e-mail sent out yearly:
 * Monday of Banned Books Week**

Collaborate with your ELA teachers on a Challenged Books Assignment Collaborate with your Art teachers on Banned Books Trading Cards (CSLA Good Ideas Winner)

[|ALA's 100 most frequently challenged books 1990-2000] Banned Books Week Website [|ALA's Banned or Challenged Classics] [|ALA's Frequently Challenged Books of the 21st Century] [|Simon and Schuster's Banned Books Site] Includes Ellen Hopkins' Banned Books Manifesto Freedom to Read Foundation Frequently Challenged Books from ALA National Coalition Against Censorship
 * Bonus Material:**
 * Visit These Websites**

Banned Books Week 2015 from Jefferson Leadership Academies
 * If you have a Video Class, make your own Banned Book Video:**

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Animoto slide show from: Joan McCall, TL, Redlands USD, Beattie Middle School, Clement Middle School, Cope Middle School, Moore Middle School =====

Presented 2016 Updated 2017 links reviewed on 1/13/18