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Book Burning

Book Burning. Why ?. Before the printing press, burning books was an effective form of censorship. Each book was handmade, so there were only a few books. You could control ideas and information by burning books.

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Book Burning

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  1. Book Burning

  2. Why ? • Before the printing press, burning books was an effective form of censorship. • Each book was handmade, so there were only a few books. You couldcontrol ideas and information by burning books. • Recently governments have used book burnings to intimidate people and showtheir power.

  3. May 10, 1933 in Germany • University students burned more than 25,000 volumes of “un-German” books. • Nazi leaders gave speeches, bands played, and people cheered as books were tossed into the fire.

  4. Video of Nazi Book Burning • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ppe9WBLu_w

  5. What was “un-German”? • Anything about another type of government. • Anything written by an author from another country. • Any German writing that was against Nazi leadership. • Any books by Jewish authors.

  6. Heinrich Heine • A German Jewish poet • He wrote a play called Almansor. • The play has a famous line, “Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.“ • In English - "Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."

  7. May 10, 1933 in the U.S. • In New York, 100,000 people marched for six hours to protest the Nazi’s book burning.

  8. Comic Book Burning 1948 • 15 years later, hundreds of comic books were burned in West Virginia and New York. • The news reported the comic book burnings and many other cities burned their children’s comic books.

  9. 2010 • In August 2010, a Florida church announced it would burn copies of the Qur’an on September 11. • They changed their minds.

  10. 2011 • Another church in decided to burn the Qur’an. • They did on March 20, 2011.

  11. Fahrenheit 451 http://digitalbooktalk.com/?p=19

  12. Banned Books Banned books are books that people don’t want other people to read. Sometimes they want the books to be burned. Sometimes they want them to be taken out of school libraries. Sometimes they want teachers to stop reading the books in school.

  13. Banned Books People who want to ban books think they are keeping America safe for children. They think that these books can make kids become bad if kids read them. Other people think Americans have the right to free speech and that people shouldn’t control what other people read or say. They think people should only be able to tell their own children what they can or cannot read, not everyone else’s kids.

  14. Banned Book Week • Banned Book Week is celebrated every year by people who want to stop people from banning books. • They encourage everyone to talk about this topic and to read books that they feel comfortable with reading. • This year’s celebration is Sept. 30 – Oct. 6. • It is the 30th anniversary of Banned Book Week.

  15. Here are some banned book titles.

  16. Huckleberry Finn • Language, and racism

  17. Lord of the Flies • Swearing, violence

  18. Harry Potter • Witchcraft, violence

  19. Dictionary • Inappropriate words

  20. The Light in the Attic • Disrespect, horror, and violence • One of the most banned books in the 1990s

  21. A Wrinkle in Time • The battle between good and evil is too close to religious views

  22. The Diary of Anne Frank • It’s a downer.

  23. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? • The author has the same name as a Marxist and no one checked to see if it was the same person.

  24. James and the Giant Peach • Violence

  25. The Witches • Violence, witchcraft

  26. Little Women • Too feminist

  27. To Kill a Mockingbird • Swearing, racism

  28. Bridge to Terabithia • Swearing, negative view of life, death, witchcraft, and disrespectful to adults

  29. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark • Scary, graphic pictures

  30. Halloween ABC • It’s about Halloween.

  31. Stephen King • Swearing, violent, scary, witchcraft

  32. The Giver • Euthanasia and suicide

  33. The Twilight Series • Vampires and werewolves

  34. The Hunger Games • Too scary and violent

  35. The Lorax • It makes loggers look bad

  36. Speak • It deals with rape

  37. The Chronicles of Narnia • Insulting to religions • Rebellious children • Magic

  38. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • The Oompa-Loompas used to be African Pygmies and some people thought Roald Dahl was being racist

  39. Grimm’s Fairy Tales • Too violent, scary, witchcraft

  40. A Series of Unfortunate Events • Swearing, death, dark themes

  41. Captain Underpants Series • It’s about underpants, toilets, and bathroom stuff – Ewwww!

  42. Call of the Wild • Animal cruelty, violence

  43. The BFG • Farting, kidnapping, disobeying parents

  44. Whirligig • Drinking, drunk driving, attempted suicide

  45. Dangerous Girls • Vampires

  46. The Sign of the Beaver • Racism

  47. Discussion • What do you think? • Is there a valid reason to burn or ban books? • Where is the line? • Where are we headed in the future?

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