Books

When designing the book bag, I made sure that the activities I included were activities that the children would know how to complete. They were activities that the students had completed in their class with other stories or in another context. When reading stories in class, the students would create a story sequence to summarize what happened through the story. So, I knew that they would know what to do to complete the story sequence activity. To personalize it and make it fit with the story,…

banning of books is wrong. Yes, the book may have a controversial or offensive content, but the books can have good themes. Some about growing up and about the troubles we have to go through while growing up. Books can also teach us about past events, like wars, they can also teach us how people were treated back then. Like stated before, certain books can teach us what growing up is like. For example, “Junie B. Jones” taught me what it MIGHT be like in kindergarten and first grade. Those books…

Why are books banned? Why are books banned or challenged? There are many ways a book can be challenged or banned. A book can be banned or challenged by violence or negativity which means that books that include violence are censored. Some books have been deemed for negative or depressing features. As well as being banned by the profanity, racial issues. By examining the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, and reading over the racial issues and the work of violence that is implemented into this book, I…

Books have been banned/censored throughout history. For example, the Catholic Church created the Index of Banned Books in the 1500s. The goal of the Index was to prevent the population from reading books that went contrary to the Church’s teachings. Anyone caught reading or selling these books was severely punished or even killed. However, book banning has been especially prevalent during recent times. This is due to the increase in both literacy and governmental control. With governments…

This essay is about banning books, and whether or not the community has the right to control what students read in schools. I believe that the community should say what books students read. I believe this for the following reasons. One reason is that the community is largely made up of the parents of students, and the parents have a considerable amount of power over their children. First, the parents would be concerned that their children were being read disturbing books in school. They might…

Banning books is a topic that’s on everybody's mind. Some people believe that we should ban books due to many reasons, others have different opinions. Books should notshouldn’t be banned from the library because not every student is on the same reading level, students have different interests in books, and mature students find mature books more interesting. Not every student is on the same reading level. I’m on a way higher reading level than my grade. I remember when I first started…

to ban books from schools because some people find the books inappropriate for containing religious beliefs, homosexuality, offensive language and sexually explicit scenes or descriptions (Lopez). If books can be sold and produce then they should be allowed in libraries. Some books could even educate not only kids but also adults. Everyone has the right to read what they want to read when they are at the library. There is also one week a month that is referred to Banned and Challenged Book Week…

Censorship is when books, movies, news, etc. are suppressed or prohibited because they are seen as inappropriate or a public threat. Books, movies, news, etc. are censored because of religious and political objection. Many books are censored in America, but the first book to ever be censored goes by the title New English Canaan. New English Canaan was originally published in 1637 by Thomas Morton. This book had been banned because they had sympathy towards the native americans, they admired…

Ban on Fiction Books To the School Board, I believe that the banning of fiction books is a defective idea for the reason that countless number of people get creative ideas from these types of books. Fiction books make people want to explore outside their comfort zone, and give motivation to keep fighting for different goals . A larger number of intelligent people think fiction books are helpful, Albert Einstein supports this quote that fiction books can help you become brilliant by saying,“If…

Banning books do not help anyone, banning a book in a library makes it more difficult for other people to read the book if they can not afford to by the book.The definition of a banned book is a work that contains material that has been deemed inappropriate, offensive, or dangerous by certain people or organizations. The people that challenge the books are usually parents of school children (Shumaker). Furthermore, it is really easy to ban a book, all that a person would have to do is…