The History of Book Banning in America includes six lessons from Colonial America to the Present to show how attempts to ban books has been a constant threat to Human Rights in America. This unit integrates Human Rights Education into a study of American History and Literature. The lessons can be used to supplement existing curriculum or they can run continuously as one unit of study. Lesson 1 sets the stage by giving a definition of Book Banning and identifies common characteristics that exist across time; Lesson 2 fits nicely into a study of Puritan New England in the 17th Century; Lesson 3 examines the attempts to control public opinion in the Antibellum Period of American History; Lesson 4 offers a social context to the rapid growth of Industry and mass immigration in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; Lesson 5 shows how courts and public education grapple with attempted book bans in the Civil Rights Era; and Lesson 6 looks at book bans in contemporary society.
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The History of Book Banning - Full Unit
The History of Book Banning in America includes:
- Links to six lesson videos
- Links to "shorts" to supplement this or other lessons
- Print versions of the video content
- Easy-to-Follow lesson plans
- Student materials
- Differentiation strategies
- Strategies for online learning or as a substitute plan
- Formative and Summative Assessments