2. Benefits of Not Banning Books
*When a person reads a book that interests
them it opens their mind for creativity
*People can go anywhere in the world they
want and discover other cultures besides
their everyday customs
*Reading different types of books outside of
one’s comfort zone forces the reader to
think a little more about what is really
happening
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3. Why books shouldn’t be banned
*It is a person’s choice to read the
book
*If a parents doesn’t agree with
the content of the book, a whole
class or group shouldn’t be held
to the standards or thoughts of
that parent
*The child that isn’t allowed to
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4. Why people want books Banned
All of the reasons
in the pie chart
are topics that
need to be
understood
and if the
reader doesn’t
want to or is
not aloud to
learn about the
topic/s they
can chose to
not read that
book
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5. Negative Affects of Banning
• Harms education
• Can leave readers unaware of important
issues in history
• Sheltered by single cultural knowledge
• Not exposed to “the real world” problems
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6. Example of Book Banning
This book, The Dirty Cowboy,
was considered to be banned when a
parent complained it was
“pornographic,” while others felt that the
recommended age group of 4-8 would
not think as the adults did and take the
story how it was intended.
And just like what happened in
that school happened at our with The
Hunger Games, and it is now banned
for violence
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7. Points of View from the Readers
•Harry Potter was also
a book that some
people wanted banned
for the violence and
use of magic, but for
some readers and in
other book banning
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8. The Challenged Books
• The Catcher in the Rye • The Perks of Being a
• The Color Purple Wallflower
• To Kill a Mockingbird • The Earth, My Butt and
• The Chocolate War Other Round Things
• Internet Girls • My Sister’s Keeper
• Twilight • And Tangos Make Three
• Harry Potter
These are just some of over 460 challenged
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9. How To Get Involved
• The following website is about ways to fight against book
banning and is open to anyone who has thoughts, opinions,
and ideas to reduce the number of books that have been
banned--
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html
• There is also an organization called United Students Against
Book Banning(USABB) which has a website that gives
information about the issue and has different links for more
information on how to help--
http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/UnitedStudents/
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