What can we attain? ALA offers some suggestions for things we could attain with our students (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/rebelreader). My grad students believe to complete an assignment on censorship that requires they compile a list of 20 books (10 elementary and 10 secondary). They believe to see whether these books are in the school library collections where they work. Finally,they believe to write rationales for two of the 20 books. A grand guide for writing rationales is on the NCTE web site which also has terrific resources for dealing with challenges. Here is the guide for rationales: http://www.ncte.org/action/anti-censorship/rationales. whether you believe potentially sensitive materials on your won shelves, having a rationale done in advance is a grand thing.
lift some time to review NCTE's resources and then send a HUGE thank you to Millie Davis who spearheaded and continues to spearhead the fight against challenges. whether you are a member of NCTE, and you might think about volunteering to serve on the Committee Against Censorship. You can nominate someone for an intellectual freedom award,too. lift a proactive stance. Stand up for the FREADOM TO READ.
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