This document discusses censorship and book banning. It provides definitions for banning, challenging, and burning books. It also discusses common reasons books are challenged, such as promoting witchcraft, containing offensive language or themes, discussing sexuality or drugs, and being unsuited for certain age groups. Several famous banned books like Fahrenheit 451 and Harry Potter are mentioned. The document lists books that have been challenged in recent years and the top 10 most challenged books of 2010.

1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Censorship

3. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights

4. Who Challenges Books? Throughout history, many people for a variety of reasons, attempted—and continue to attempt—to suppress literature and other forms of expression that conflict with their own beliefs.

5. Book Burning

6. Book Burning Harry Potter Book Burning in New Mexico Nazi Book Burning

7. The Mechanical Hound in F451 Symbolizes oppression from the totalitarian state– similar to Hitler– able to track down anyone with books.

9. “The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.”- Oscar Wilde

10. “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.” - Lyndon B. Johnson

12. In a moment, you will have the opportunity to decide why you believe the following fairly recent books have been challenged or even banned. Do not say anything to the class until after the activity, even if you have read the following books. Activity

24. R. Promotes wizardry, the occult, and witchcraft

25. L. language, racial themes

26. Q. nudity (bare breast)

27. P. obscene words

28. M. offensive to Native Americans

29. D. sexually explicit, occult themes, violence, suicide

30. S. violence, language, disobedience to adults

31. K. Unfair portrayal of those in logging industry

32. T. too critical of the U.S.S.R. and of communist leaders

33. O. Drugs

34. H. Satanic In 2001, The Lord of the Rings was burned in New Mexico because some churches considered it “satanic”.

35. G. sexually offensive; too depressing

36. J. Profanity; smoking and drinking; anti-religious

37. B. undermines parental, school, and religious authority; sexual references

38. A. Animals acting on the same level as humans Banned in China in 1931. Governor of Hunan Province said that "animals should not use human language" and that it was "disastrous to put animals and human beings on the same level."

39. E. sexuality; religious conflict

40. N. Unsuited to age group; encourages children to disobey authority

41. I. Excessive violence

42. C. misuse of alcohol In 1989 some California schools banned Grimm’s Fairy Tales because Little Red Riding Hood’s basket for her grandmother contained red wine.

43. F. Challenges religious beliefs; references to witches and crystal balls

44. U. Multiple uses of the “n” word. In 2011, a publishing company replaced the 219 uses of the “n” word with the word “slave.”

45. V. obscene language, sexuality, and interaction with a prostitute Top 10 Banned Books of 2010 on next slide

46. 1. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series) by Lauren Myracle Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs 2. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson Reasons: Homosexuality 3. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Anti-Family, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide 4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Reasons: Racism, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group Top 10 Challenged Books of 2010

47. 5. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group 6. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group 7. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Reasons: Sexism, Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide, Violence Top 10 Challenged Books of 2010

48. 8. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group 9. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group 10. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group Top 10 Challenged Books of 2010