Discuss the Library Bill of Rights. Copies may be obtained from the American Library Association. Banning books that reflect world problems causes a person to neglect the real problems of the world. React to this statement. Discuss the need to protect traditional morality.
Intellectual freedom is the ability to express all points of view.
Have students read a short interesting book in class and before it's finished, tell them it has now been banned. Compare both versions. They Came to Arrest the Book after reading Nat Hentoff's book of the same name. Evaluate both media on their presentation of the censorship issue. Read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.