Banned Book Week

Today, we celebrated Banned Books Week in the 5th grade. This is just a brief introduction and 5th grade is the only grade that I do this lesson with. I started out with a puzzle for the students - what do all the books on the tables have in common? How are these books different from other books in the library?



They walked around and looked at the books and tried hard to figure it out. They were really surprised to find out that all of the books have been banned or challenged in libraries across the country Almost every fifth grader had read one or more of the books. We learn some of the facts and figures about banned books and have some interesting and thought provoking discussions.