4th Marking Period
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BRAINPOP
Each of you must complete 10 BrainPop videos and quizzes by the end of the 4th
marking period. Take the graded quiz, print out the results, and place it in
your computer folder. You must get a score of 8 or better for the quiz to
count.
Please select from the following titles:
Addiction Adulthood Drug Abuse
Alcohol Eating Disorders Adolescence
Cancer Bullying Adulthood
Autism Fitness Aging
CPR First Aid Gender Determination
Smoking Heredity Growth
Hormones Smoking Steroids
Brainpop
The complete text of Tom Sawyer
1. Answer the following questions: Why are books banned? Who bans books?
What happens when a book is banned? What is the difference between a
challenge and a ban?
2. Select a book from the Banned Book List
3. When and why was this book banned or challenged? Do you agree with the
reasoning? What in this particular time period would be perceived as
dangerous in the book’s content?
4. Refer to above websites to answer the following questions: When is
censorship appropriate? What are some common themes among banned books? How
does your book fit into these themes? Why do you think these themes are
considered offensive? Why do certain governments, organizations, or
individuals wish to screen others from these themes? Should anyone be allowed
to possess that type of power—to decide what others can or cannot read and
consume? If so, who is eligible to receive such power?
Censorship CyberHunt
Access Excellence Science Mystery -- Two Forks Idaho
Access Excellence Science Mystery -- Yellow Jackie
Poetry Anthology
American Poems
Voorhees
Personal Narrative
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