Fahrenheit 451 webquest censorship freedom of speech scribd. In this webquest we will look into the history of literature censorship and. We are going to explore the issue of censorship, past and present, and how it. Answer the questions that accompany each website on lined paper, or you may type your response in a word document. Banned books webquest putnam county middle school learning. Even setting a teacup on a book was considered a sin. Read about the difference between a banned or challenged book here. For this webquest, i will be collecting answers to the questions that accompany each web site.
The purpose of this webquest is to examine the history of censorship. At the beginning of the book, however, montag seems very. Banned books and censorship webquest did you know that each year, in school districts across the united states, books are challenged or banned. You will explore the following sites for information on the kinds of historical censorship ray bradbury discusses in fahrenheit 451. Yet do opponents of banning books believe that any book is appropriate for teaching.
Answer the following questions on your own sheet of paper background explore these websites for information on the kinds of historical censorship ray bradbury discusses in fahrenheit 451. You will be using this webquest to find information about some of the instances. Banned book webquest banned for violence carrie by stephen king was challenged in 1994 at the bayertown, pennsylvania junior high east library by a parent who objected to the book s language, its violence, and its sexual descriptions, as well as what she described as a satanic killing sequence. Copyright 2017 by bernie dodge, phd, learning design and technology, san diego state university. This approach will help students connect this book to their own lives and. Reichman in censorship and selection, issues and answers for schools.
In this webquest, you will explore the idea of censorship and banned books. Webquest a web quest project uses the resources of the internet to explore and answer questions pertaining. Use the links provided for you to research censorship and book burning and to answer the questions below. Throughout our lives, were exposed to countless books whether it be a 1,000 page biography, or a simple picture book. In what way might the pictures of book burning images inspire. I do not expect that you will already know all of the answers to the. But bradburys key inspiration was the invasion of seveninch blackandwhite. Use the chart to the right to answer questions 2 and 3 on the worksheet.
Censorship and book burning fahrenheit 451 webquest. Why fahrenheit 451 is the book for our social media age the. For this part of the webquest, i will be collecting answers to the questions. A webquest project uses the resources of the internet to explore and answer questions. The commission is studying issues related to censorship and has asked you to investigate some of the history of censorship in order to use the information to help the commission make judgments about contemporary censorship issues. A book about censorship, fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury, was censored in a very specific way.
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