Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers

✍ Scribed by Pat R. Scales

• Publisher: Amer Library Assn Editions
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 96
• Edition: annotated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Who hasn't read Blubber? And yet, published in 1974 and a New York Times 'Outstanding Book', it remains one of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books and is kept out of many school libraries. As a standard-bearer for intellectual freedom, the school librarian is in an ideal position to collaborate with teachers to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that valued books with valuable lessons are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written. In this classroom- and library-ready book of discussion guides, award-winning champion of children's literature Pat Scales shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views. The twelve books featured in Teaching Banned Books, all challenged at one time or another, are jumping-off points for rich and engaging discussion among young readers, their librarians and teachers, and their parents. Each guide includes a summary of the novel, a pre-reading activity, tips for introducing the topic, critical-thinking discussion questions, and an annotated bibliography of related fiction and nonfiction. Armed with award-winning books that kids love, you will: * Stimulate critical-thinking in reading. * Encourage freedom of thought and expression. * Integrate 1st Amendment principles into project-based social studies and language arts. * Communicate the value of banned books to administrators and challengers. There's a win-win way of teaching banned books, and Pat Scales shares it in this brilliant handbook for educators and school librarians who serve today's young readers.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 4
FIGURES......Page 6
FIGURE 1-1 Search Institute’s Developmental Assets for Adolescents External Assets......Page 15
FIGURE 1-2 Springfield Township High School Virtual Library......Page 19
COMMUNICATION......Page 31
FIGURE 2-2 AIM preferences and buddy list screens......Page 35
FIGURE 2-3 What are they saying?......Page 36
FIGURE 2-4 Main screen of the Bolt website......Page 37
FIGURE 3-1 Main page of Teen Hoopla’s Say What? section......Page 50
HOW TO DO IT—WITH THE HELP OF WEB DESIGNERS OR TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS......Page 63
FIGURE 4-2 Web design tips......Page 64
FIGURE 4-3 What to include in an RFP for a web designer or technical specialist......Page 65
FIGURE 4-4 Questions for potential web designers and technical specialists......Page 66
FIGURE 4-5 Sample user-testing questions......Page 75
PREFACE......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS......Page 14
WHAT’S THE POINT?......Page 28
SUMMING UP......Page 29
2 What Teens Want on the Internet......Page 30
SHOPPING......Page 38
INFORMATION GATHERING......Page 41
SUMMING UP......Page 44
WHAT’S UP WITH LIBRARY SITES FOR TEENS?......Page 45
REFERENCE AND HOMEWORK SUPPORT......Page 46
PROGRAMMING......Page 48
READERS’ ADVISORY......Page 51
WHAT IT TAKES......Page 54
WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE?......Page 57
IS IT WORTH IT?......Page 59
LEARNING BY EXAMPLE......Page 61
HOW TO DO IT—WITHOUT THE HELP OF WEB DESIGNERS OR TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS......Page 67
WHAT IT TAKES TO GET ON THE WEB......Page 69
EVALUATION, STATISTICS, AND USER TESTING......Page 73
SITE MAINTENANCE......Page 76
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 92
A Teen Website Development Checklist APPENDIX......Page 78
B Checklist for Teen Involvement in Website Development APPENDIX......Page 81
C Programming Opportunities for Teens Involved in the Development of the Library’s Website APPENDIX......Page 83
D Teen Website Evaluation Checklist APPENDIX......Page 85
E User-Testing Tips APPENDIX......Page 87
URL INDEX......Page 88