Discussing Censorship in the Classroom
We’re reading Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 in my College Prep and Honors classes respectively (all sophomores), and they all read The Hunger Games for their summer reading, and I’m using this infographic to discuss the modern implications of censorship and the dangers of governments that have too much power:
I think it’ll generate some interesting discussion! What do you think? Do any teachers out there have any other resources to discuss these issues that you like to use?
Wow, this is fascinating! Thanks for sharing. I especially love the line about facebook being seen as a primary tool for revolution. Not the way your average American thinks about it, for sure!
That should definitely generate some interesting discussion. One way a teacher in my department taught Fahrenheit 451 last year was to have the students all make personal collages. She then displayed them around the room. As they read the book, she slowly covered up parts of the collages until they were nearly fully-covered by the end of the novel. A less technology-oriented discussion generator, but definitely a way to get kids thinking about censorship. (This was for regular English juniors by the way.) Have fun, seems like it’ll be a cool discussion! 🙂