Problem
Book banning, a form of censorship, occurs when private individuals, government officials, or organizations remove books from libraries, school reading lists, or bookstore shelves because they object to their content, ideas, or themes.
Should there be banned books in schools? Should students be exposed to complex, controversial, or offensive texts? Who should determine what is "offensive" or "controversial?"
Check out the following sources to reference as you discuss this topic.
Over 1,600 Books Were Banned During the Past School Year, Smithsonian, Sept. 2022. Book Bans Are Targeting the History of Oppression, an opinion article from The Atlantic, Feb. 2022.