Resources+-+Censorship

This pathfinder is intended to be used by the 9th Grade Literacy Team in investigating and addressing issues of censorship and selection. Included are curriculum development resources, reference materials on challenges and positions, and sample documents that can be used in the selection process.
 * Censorship Resources**

[|NCTE Position Statements on Censorship and Intellectual Freedom]

[|Guidelines for Selection of Materials in English Language Program]. A guideline found to be consistent with NCTE positions on education issues. //"Each school should develop its own criteria for selecting materials for inclusion in English language arts programs, but virtually all criteria relate to two general requirements for selections: materials must (1) have a clear connection to established educational objectives and (2) address the needs of the students for whom they are intended."//

[|NCTE Guideline for Defining and Defending Instructional Methods]

[|NCTE Rationales for Teaching Challenged Books] //"NCTE offers advice, helpful documents, and other support at no cost to teachers faced with challenges to literary works, films and videos, drama productions, or teaching methods."// See also > Guidelines on [|How to Write a Rationale] and examples of [|Rationales for Teaching Challenged Books].

[|NCTE Censorship Challenge Reports.] Reports on specific challenged books, including reasons for the challenges reported to the NCTE.

[|Book Censorship Toolkit] Published by The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC). See also > Short [|films on censorship] including interviews with authors such as Toni Morrison and Judy Blume.

[|First Amendment Center on Book Censorship]

[|Additional Resources on Censorship]