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Censorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues

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Students examine propaganda and media bias and explore a variety of banned and challenged books. Following this, students choose a side of the censorship issue and support their position by developing an ad campaign about the banned book they read.

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Grade
9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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